kanzure/pdfparanoia
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pdf watermark removal library for academic papers
16 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 3 stories, 13 comments · first 2013-02-13 · latest 2024-06-10
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Leaving these here: https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia and https://github.com/firstlookmedia/pdf-redact-tools as they are relevant to this topic.
comment by jbn · 2024-06-10 · in Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download (2022) -
The gold standard for academic watermark removal used to be (and maybe still is?) https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia . Not sure if it edits Elsevier's metadata though.
comment by madars · 2022-01-26 · in Elsevier embeds a hash in the PDF metadata that is unique for each download -
…and sometimes your email address. I wrote a tool to help remove this information from pdfs: https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia As for scihub, many of your concerns can be mitigated by having an offline copy. There are torrents…
comment by kanzure · 2018-11-17 · in Surveillance Kills Freedom by Killing Experimentation -
…deanonymizing information (about the user) into PDFs of academic papers, which should be removed. https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by kanzure · 2018-11-05 · in What’s Hiding in Your PDF? -
you can remove that https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by kanzure · 2018-05-21 · in Sci Hub repository torrents of scientific papers -
> Both hidden and conspicuous watermarks are common in trade book PDF downloads https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by kanzure · 2017-10-24 · in Sci-Hub: Public access to research papers -
This exists: https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by tomkinstinch · 2017-07-28 · in Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed -
> And if so, what about watermarking? years ago i recommended to scihub that they should use https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia but they weren't too concerned.
comment by kanzure · 2017-07-27 · in Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed -
…CAD - https://github.com/kanzure/nanoengineer pdfparanoia - remove watermarks from papers (PDFs) - https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by kanzure · 2016-10-03 · in Ask HN: Who needs contributors? (October 2016) -
Here's one (of mine) that removes IP addresses from academic papers: https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by kanzure · 2016-08-20 · in Anonymouth – Document Anonymization Tool -
…Also you can use (bias disclaimer) https://github.com/kanzure/paperbot and (more bias) https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia is a good idea for preserving anonymity.
comment by kanzure · 2013-05-10 · in Why is science behind a paywall? -
I guess this will come in handy: https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia
comment by mikevm · 2013-02-13 · in Introducing The Paper Bay -
…> PDF, and they already do (mildly). You can strip the watermarks with a tool called pdfparanoia. https://github.com/kanzure/pdfparanoia disclaimer: I wrote pdfparanoia because watermarks.
comment by kanzure · 2013-02-13 · in Introducing The Paper Bay