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by ssl-3 641 days ago
I had the same problem with a PDF schematic for a BTT Octopus 3d printer board (which is published on their Github repo).

Unsearchable, weird characters behind the curtain, and etc.

But I don't blame deliberate obfuscation (or any other deliberate attempt to hide information) at all.

Instead, I simply blame incompetence.

(There's a ton of shitty PDFs in the world; this is just an example that I've encountered recently.)