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Password Protect

Password-protect a PDF with AES-256 — without losing text search or destroying formatting.

Not live yet

Why it's not live yet

The original approach worked
Our first build rasterized each page before encrypting. Fast, simple, shippable.
But it broke search
Rasterizing replaces every letter with pixels. Ctrl-F stops finding anything. Screen readers can't read the file. For résumés and contracts, that's a worse outcome than leaving the feature off.
So we're redoing it
Migrating to a native encryption pass on the PDF object tree — same AES-256, but text stays text. No server involved; still 100% in your browser.

Roadmap

  1. ✓
    Rasterized prototype
    Q4 2025
  2. ✓
    Decided to hold
    Apr 2026
  3. Native encryption path
    in progress · you are here
  4. Beta on antiupload.com
    Q3 2026
  5. Public launch
    Q4 2026
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