Dangerzone VS Online Convert

Start here: https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone I've never used it, but I've been meaning to check it out. At least it should give you a jumping off point for further investigation. If that is insufficient, use proofpoint. For archives that are tickling bugs, you have to use a similar technique. it's not enough to analyze them and send them on... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

I've read about the concept of "trusted PDFs" [1] from Qubes OS and the Dangerzone project [2]. I noticed people saying they use such tools to open applicant attachments in the context of employee hiring processes. Isn't it simpler to just open these untrusted files in a cloud service like Google Drive or Microsoft Office online? [1]... - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

You can use something similar on macOS, Windows or Linux, based on Docker containers, see Dangerzone: https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

Https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone has been a great tool to use as an added layer of defense. Definitely check out this users other projects as you can tell by the users name that they are made for journalists. Source: about 1 year ago

This is exactly what DangerZone is built for. Takes ‘dangerous’ PDFs, converts them to images and back (via OCR) so there’s nothing potentially harmful inside. Does all the conversion inside docker containers so there’s little chance of a sandbox escape or network access. Source: about 1 year ago

I've totally used online conversion tools, so I'm not knocking them entirely (I've personally used online-convert.com for years now). Assuming no personal information, using them for a quick conversion for images or documents is great (check the settings!). Source: 11 months ago

Online-Convert for Web is a service that's trusted by many big brands and that I use for a lot of stuff, and it's worked very well for me. Only thing is you can't convert YT videos. Source: over 2 years ago

Add the extension "online-convert.com" to Chrome. When you run across an image like this right click and scroll down to the "file converter" option, then select "convert image to image". You'll have the option of converting it to many different image formats. You can also convert docs, pdfs, etc. It's a great free extension that I use often. HTH! Source: over 2 years ago

Gotcha.. they seem to be talking about coding a built in converter which would kinda suck and yeah all the issues mentioned there would prop up, I think using something already built is more ideal, there doesn't seem to be a usable open library so I was going down the road of using the online-convert.com api.. Depending on an external service also has it's cons, but gets you there with less code and dependencies. Source: almost 3 years ago

Each file (video/audio/ebook or whatever) has a MD5 hash which can be used to identify it. To change the hash, what you can do is change it to another format - Say if it is epub, AWZ, Lit or Docx - you can convert it to PDF or any other format using online converters like online-convert.com and then you can upload the coverted file. Source: about 3 years ago