Author: Martin
Published: Nov 18th, 2008
Comments: 8

Microsoft Word Metadata Scrubber

Metadata in Word documents can reveal information that the creator of the document had no intention to distribute. This ranges from information about the author to comments and a unique identifying ID. It can lead to all kind of privacy leaks. Microsoft even recommends to distribute documents in paper form only on their website.
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