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Provided the content is not encrypted.

• dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
  I stand corrected: encrypted PDFs are indexed unless a password is set. However, in the past they were unable to do so[0]: "Generally we can index textual content (written in any language) from PDF files that use various kinds of character encodings, provided they're not password protected or encrypted." [0] https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2011/09/pdfs-in-google-search-results https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2011/09/pdfs-in-go...
  • bawolff 6y ago
    I think the assumption is that encrypted pdfs would not be used here because users still have to view these documents
    • dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
      No, the PDF standard explicitly allows encryption without the need to set up user password; in this case, the owner password is set. The only change for the user is that the word "Secured" usually appears next to the filename in the reader.