Hi, A financial institution refused to enable electronic delivery unless it detected Acrobat Reader installed on my system. When I challenged it on this, mentioning that I use non-proprietary apps for PDF reading, the response was as follows:
> Due to the security placed on certain items, such as our online > statements, the Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to sign up for the > paperless services. [Our] statements are created using Adobe > Acrobat software and a digital signature is added for security purposes. > As the Adobe Acrobat Reader is currently the only PDF reader that fully > supports digitally signed PDF files, this software is required to ensure > that the document is genuine. > > We regret any inconvenience caused because the Adobe Acrobat Reader is > required, and we appreciate that you contacted us for additional > information. We do take customer feedback seriously, and your comments > have been passed on to the proper parties for review when determining > how we can best update our services in the future. Is there really no FLOSS app that can handle PDF signatures? I suppose the institution could use PGP or some other better supported technology, but as long as they choose to use Acrobat's solution, do I really have no choice? Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
