Protect PDF: iHateUpload vs ihatepdf.cv

Both ihatepdf.cv and iHateUpload run Protect PDF in your browser without uploading the file. Here is what each one does and what happened when we ran the same synthetic test files through both.

Side by side

• Protect PDF

  iHateUpload ahead

  iHateUpload

  AES-256 with permission choices (print, copy, edit, annotate), separate owner password, restrict-only mode

  ihatepdf.cv

  AES-256, everything allowed, no permission choices

  How we checked

  Ours checked on synthetic files; theirs from a feature check of their live tool. Checked 2026-10-17.

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