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Title: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Contro on September 26, 2017, 07:33 AM

freeware app to detect sensitive info in ms office documents and other documents.

Do you know a good anyone?

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Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: tomos on September 26, 2017, 08:17 AM

hi Contro,
can you give more info in your posts please?
e.g. give us a quote of the relevant info from your link
Thanks
 :)

Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Contro on September 26, 2017, 08:24 AM

hi Contro,
can you give more info in your posts please?
e.g. give us a quote of the relevant info from your link
Thanks
 :)

-tomos (September 26, 2017, 08:17 AM)

Sorry Tomos.

May be a software able to detect and see metadata ?
A security program to be able to delete metadata, edit....

Like FOCA (https://www.elevenpaths.com/es/labstools/foca-2/index.html) , but freeware

Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Ath on September 26, 2017, 12:52 PM

Please describe exactly what 'sensitive' means, related to the context that makes it sensitive. :-\

Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Contro on September 26, 2017, 01:11 PM

I think I will find something in sourceforge, but from my position the web is down.

I have to wait.
I tried metadata analyzer by Smart PC Solutions but adwcleaner detects three menaces...
 :-[

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Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Contro on September 27, 2017, 07:26 AM

Please describe exactly what 'sensitive' means, related to the context that makes it sensitive. :-\

-Ath (September 26, 2017, 12:52 PM)

I don't know exactly. Appear in Mouse post. But I suppose is sensible or privative information or information that third persons may use.
Usually are the metadata, but I don't know if Mouser includes something else.

Best Regards

Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Ath on September 27, 2017, 07:39 AM

I don't know exactly. Appear in Mouse post. But I suppose is sensible or privative information or information that third persons may use.
Usually are the metadata, but I don't know if Mouser includes something else.

-Contro (September 27, 2017, 07:26 AM)

I fail to see how mouser is involved here or in your request... :huh: he didn't even post in this thread (yet).

The term 'sensitive information' is IMHO too broad to be generalized into a 'simple tool', that's why I ask for context and more details. You haven't really clarified anything yet.

Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Contro on September 27, 2017, 09:14 AM

I hope Mouser can clarify then

Best Regards


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Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: 4wd on September 27, 2017, 09:12 PM

Something like cleanDocs (https://www.docscorp.com/products/cleanDocs-for-metadata-removal/) I'm guessing.


Cheap Windows alternative: Remove Personal metadata from Files to Protect Your Privacy (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee851674.aspx)

Which is unfortunately very limited in what it will remove.

There's also MAT (https://mat.boum.org) which supports a few formats.

Title: Re: freeware app to detect sensitive info in documents (doc, pdf)
Post by: Contro on September 28, 2017, 01:08 AM

Something like cleanDocs (https://www.docscorp.com/products/cleanDocs-for-metadata-removal/) I'm guessing.


Cheap Windows alternative: Remove Personal metadata from Files to Protect Your Privacy (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee851674.aspx)

Which is unfortunately very limited in what it will remove.

There's also MAT (https://mat.boum.org) which supports a few formats.

-4wd (September 27, 2017, 09:12 PM)

It's perfect but free.

 :-*

I have today connection to sourceforge and find this

Absolution (http://absolution.sourceforge.net/)
DocInfoRetriever (https://sourceforge.net/projects/docinforetrieve/)
Exiftool (http://exiftool.sourceforge.net/)  for PDF

I have to try to see if really are useful.
 :-[