Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
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Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
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Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#2Very interesting project! Do you have a monetization strategy in mind already, or it will be created later on?
Is there plan to add ads to PDF's?
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#3Very interesting project! Do you have a monetization strategy in mind already, or it will be created later on? Is there plan to add ads to PDF's?
Thank you :)
We have never intended to show adds. In our opinion it could be counterproductive in the long term. Our monetization strategy assumes having free pdf sharing to spread the word and paying enterprise customers to pay the bills. Yet it is about to be tested.
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#4Really cool, really creepy. Best of luck, I guess? I think it's kind of unsettling someone could track where I'm reading on a PDF ...
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#5I could not find an explanation on how it works.
How could you possibly know when I am opening your PDF file ? I presume opening your PDF file will trigger some kind of http / socket request to a site that you control.
so how would you control companies'firewall ? and/or any other settings that could prevent my pdf reader to go online
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#6I wanted to find our how you were tracking live results when viewing (as it turns out, a JS PDF viewer) but found the requirement of entering an email address to be a big hurdle.
It might make sense to have a demo where people can see how the PDF viewer works (so they know what they'll be sending their clients) before requiring them to give out their information.
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#7I wanted to find our how you were tracking live results when viewing (as it turns out, a JS PDF viewer) but found the requirement of entering an email address to be a big hurdle. It might make sense to have a demo where people can see how the PDF viewer works (so they know what they'll be sending their clients) before requiring them to give out their information.
Also, I noted that the PDF I uploaded is not the same as the one that came back (different md5 sum).
What are you changing in the upload? Is there some form of tracking embedded in the PDFs themselves?
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#8Really cool, really creepy. Best of luck, I guess? I think it's kind of unsettling someone could track where I'm reading on a PDF ...
Our tracking feature is a kind of a website analytics tool tailored for PDF usage. When interacting with companies you can safely assume that you are being tracked and analysed. We are adding another layer that gives companies additional information, potentially making your life a little bit easier. Of course one can argue it can be misused. We have tried to mitigate it by branding PDF viewer and being open about it.
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#9I wanted to find our how you were tracking live results when viewing (as it turns out, a JS PDF viewer) but found the requirement of entering an email address to be a big hurdle. It might make sense to have a demo where people can see how the PDF viewer works (so they know what they'll be sending their clients) before requiring them to give out their information.
Thank you for your feedback.
We thought that it would be best if you test it with your own file. In that case we need to send you link to analytics in case you want to remove pdf from our servers.
Your suggestion seems to have potential to considerably lower friction. We will look into it, thanks.
Re: Show HN: Check who, when and how is viewing your PDF
#10I wanted to find our how you were tracking live results when viewing (as it turns out, a JS PDF viewer) but found the requirement of entering an email address to be a big hurdle. It might make sense to have a demo where people can see how the PDF viewer works (so they know what they'll be sending their clients) before requiring them to give out their information.
Also, I noted that the PDF I uploaded is not the same as the one that came back (different md5 sum). What are you changing in the upload? Is there some form of tracking embedded in the PDFs themselves?
There is no form of tracking embedded in the PDF. Currently we are changing your file only to be sure that file is not malformed in any way as specified by PDF format.