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Dangerzone: Convert PDFs, documents, or images to a safe PDF

by piccirello on 3/28/24, 7:50 PM with 6 comments

• by mike_d on 3/29/24, 3:45 AM

  This is a process referred to in government as "Content Disarm and Reconstruction." But I can't stress this enough: if you don't trust the files, you shouldn't be processing them at all locally.

  I built a similar tool that converts >300 formats to images in a remote sandbox. https://preview.ninja/

• by fsflover on 3/29/24, 2:35 PM

  Qubes OS has a convenient option to convert any PDF or picture into a trusted one, using strong hardware virtualization: https://blog.invisiblethings.org/2013/02/21/converting-untru...

• by Alifatisk on 3/30/24, 12:26 PM

  This would be a really cool feature to have in Microsoft powerautomate, so every pdf I receive on outlook funnels through this.

• by joemazerino on 3/29/24, 11:24 PM

  I use this tool often. I donate to support as well.