Joachim_L Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Reading a thread from August 2020 it was said, that the Affinities do not support encryption like 128-Bit AES and above. Currently 40- and 128-Bit RC4 won't open too. Does this mean encrypted files are not supported anymore? Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Dare I say that if someone has encrypted a PDF file they probably don't want someone else to be able to open and edit it! Personally I would be much happier if Serif do not enable any Affinity apps to open encrypted files. (I say this as someone who regularly has to encrypt files to secure them, so that only the intended recipient can read them, and no-one can edit them.) I know it is possible to break encrypted files, but I really don't think this function should be included in easily available/legal software. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, PaulEC said: Personally I would be much happier if Serif do not enable any Affinity apps to open encrypted files. This was possible in the past obviously?!? So this is why I am asking. On some occasions I am locking PDF myself to build a hurdle "borrowing" content easily, but I would like to add my protected files where I know the password. ID allows this, asking for the password. Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 Sorry, we obviously use encryption differently. Rather than editing an encrypted file I go back to the original (unencrypted) file, edit that, then encrypt that to send to the client. I would agree that requiring a password to open/edit encrypted files would be fine, as long as it is secure and allows for files that have different passwords to open and to edit files. I didn't realise that Affinity apps ever had the ability to request passwords for encrypted files. Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I am able to Open PDF files that use 40- and 128-bit RC4 encryption. However, if I remember correctly, Affinity supports password-protected files for Open (and possibly for Add Pages from File), not for Place. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, walt.farrell said: I am able to Open PDF files that use 40- and 128-bit RC4 encryption. Good luck with the attached one. It is 40-bit RC4 encrypted. rc4-40-highresprintexceptpages.pdf Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joachim_L Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 The option copying text, images, other content and output help for visually impaired has to be checked to get it open. rc4-40-copyallowed.pdf walt.farrell 1 Quote ------ Windows 10 | i5-8500 CPU | Intel UHD 630 Graphics | 32 GB RAM | Latest Retail and Beta versions of complete Affinity range installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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