secure web only pdf viewer?

[Soo-a1liun]

is there a secure way to view pdfs only on a web site?

[try67]

No. To view a PDF file it must first be downloaded to the local computer. It can't be viewed just online.

[modiophile]

That's not correct, modern browsers can view PDFs without downloading a local copy.

[try67]

No, they can't. It might look like it but they are actually saving the file as a temporary file and then loading it.

[modiophile]

So where would this temporary PDF exist, if for example you were to view this PDF in browser? Uniform Crime Reporting Handbook - FBI — Uniform Crime Reporting

[try67]

In one of the browser's temp folders... Either that or it will be converted

and presented as something similar to a PDF, like a Flash object. It might

look like a PDF, but it's not.

On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 11:44 PM, modiophile <forums_noreply@adobe.com>

[Test Screen Name]

Hardly matters how Chrome does it. Because what it does is connect to the web site, read the file and show it. Maybe it stores it on disk, maybe in memory. So if Chrome can do it some other app can do it, including a simple download app. In any case chrome has a Download button.