Re: OT: Acrobat Reader needs plugin?

On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 22:25 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 20:13 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:

I have some PDFs which Acrobat claims needs the "file open" plugin.
Does anyone know what this is, what it does, and why Acrobat Reader
wants me to get it?


Coincidentally, the Numerical Recipes Web page I referred to in another
current thread requires that very plug-in.

http://www.nr.com/plugin/plugin_install.html

Not a coincidence :-)

And, tcpdump showed attempts to look up the website being done.
They failed. I had inadvertently ;-> pulled the DSL out of the
modem before trying to open the file. Using other than Acrobat
resulted in "this file is encrypted, please enter the password".
Also, a hidden directory ~/.fileopen with NumericalRecipes got
installed, along with another binary file. Apparently, someone
is trying to track opens to those files.

I went to the site and looked at the plugin installation page, then
followed a couple of links to some discussion on the subject. They are
using DRM, but not calling it that. I will cease recommending anything
from Cambridge press from here on out. Sorry guys. I detest a company
that thinks everyone is ripping them off (even if it is happening to
some degree, I purchased the book, and I do not want anyone snooping
about on my system or reading habits. Frankly, it is none of their
business. I think a civil suit for peeping should be appropriate to
such organizations. Just my opinion.

However for now, my censureship will be that I will email my friends
and tell them what the plugin does and to avoid it. YMMV.

Regards,
Les H

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