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Encrypt all PDF files using qPDF. Disallow ALL options, don't ask for a password to open and use unknown random password from pwgen for owner.
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encrypt-pdf.sh
for I in *.pdf
do
qpdf --encrypt '' `pwgen -sny1 32` 256 --accessibility=n --extract=n --print=low --assemble=n --annotate=n --form=n --modify-other=n --modify=none -- "$I" "`basename $I .pdf`.enc.pdf"
done
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/pwgen-win
http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/

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