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Everyday files carry more about you than what's printed on them. These are short pieces about what's hiding in yours, written so you can check for yourself.

Privacy · 28 July 2026

Print a web page to PDF on a Mac, and your name goes with it

Save a page as a PDF from the Mac print dialog and macOS writes the name on your user account into the file's hidden properties. You never typed it, you can't see it, and it travels with the file everywhere you send it.