I finally figured it out, it’s apparently a bug in the Jerboa for Lemmy app when I try tapping the link you posted in Jerboa. When I copy the link and paste it into Fennec directly, the link works as expected.
I downloaded it, the pdf is legit. Yours might have gotten corrupted during download, or the PDF viewer you are using is struggling with something in the document. Its all there though.
Shouldn’t being the key word, but it’s trying to open Google Play to ‘help’ me find an app to open this ‘weird’ PDF that’s actually an HTML script. Android doesn’t give me the option to pick which app it tries to open the downloaded script with, unless I rename it to HTML, but then it just loads the script locally and the Yes/No buttons don’t even work.
Maybe try in a different browser or device because I don’t think it has that requirement. Unless it accepts existing login cookies (which it should not without explicitly stating).
I use Fennec, a fork of Firefox, and I’m not logged into a damn thing on Fennec. Yeah that might largely be the problem, but I ain’t about to login to Google on my mobile devices anymore…
catbox.moe is pretty solid for files 200MB or less, temporarily though. But the archive snapshot can permanently archive files from there (or at least used to be able to).
Why am I prompted to sign into Google to even view it though?
My mobile devices have never been signed into Google, and I ain’t about to break from that personal rule to view documents on a dead pervert and his associates.
Is there a version of this document that can be viewed with a proper FOSS PDF app?
Now that wasn’t necessary at all, I should have a right to view the document without having to login to Google.
Sorry to bother your thread, but some of us halfway appreciate keeping some level of privacy and trying to avoid ending up on an Epstein list for even looking at documents…
Why would I be lying about this? Google doesn’t know what to do with the document as downloaded, so it’s attempting to open Google Play to find an app for it. Since I’m not logged into Google, the Play Store app jumps straight to the Google Login page on my device. Trying to jump directly to the page in Fennec gives me the Invalid Format error.
Recognizing the file extension of the downloaded script should be HTML rather than PDF, I renamed it as such and loaded it locally in Fennec, where indeed it asked if I’m over 18, but since the page was loaded locally, the Yes/No buttons don’t even work as they’re sending the button response to localhost 127.0.0.1 instead of their website.
Anyways, thanks for all the help, you’ve been none.
It is a pdf link but there is an intercept script that does the age verification. Once you have said yes once, the PDF links then just directly lead to the PDFs.
But I don’t understand why you are promted for Google sign in, I tried on Vanadium and Firefox and there was no google stuff.
But it’s a very surface level prompt. Is it just me that has instinctively selected the “I’m over 18” button without thinking long before that was true?
They don’t ask verification as far as I know. It’s the US gov so you’re correct to be cautious. I didn’t try in a “private” tab.
No no no, I had to open the downloaded ‘PDF’ to my device, then open it with a hex editor, to discover it was actually in HTML format, to request my age and ID first.
The page never outright even loaded, I just discovered that because I know how to use a hex editor. The page never loaded properly in either format, neither PDF nor HTML.
I figured it out, it’s apparently a bug in the Jerboa for Lemmy app. Jerboa sees PDF and tries to open my default PDF viewer rather than my web browser Fennec.
When I copy the link and paste it directly in Fennec, it works as expected, but when I tap the link in Jerboa, it’s blindly trying to open it with a PDF app, which gives the Invalid Format error.
A MaxWest tablet, stock Android 11, but never signed into Google. No Chrome here, I used to use Firefox, until they started adopting AI tech, so now I use the more privacy focused fork, Fennec.
Oh, I followed additional links and advice from comments throughout the entire thread. None lead me to an actual PDF document (save for catbox), all lead me to either an Invalid Format error, or a page trying to force me to login to Google and confirm my age and identification.
The link itself isn’t even a PDF, it’s an HTML document, confirmed via hex editor, forcing me to login, which I don’t and won’t do.
A PDF link shouldn’t download an HTML document, that’s basically a bait and switch tactic, coming from the government themselves.
Umm, I don’t think this page even exists…
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files
https://justice.gov/epstein/files
Edit: Also Page Not Found on the Internet Archive…
https://web.archive.org/web/20260131083914/https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files
Find us some real links please.
https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet 9/EFTA01249734.pdf
I finally figured it out, it’s apparently a bug in the Jerboa for Lemmy app when I try tapping the link you posted in Jerboa. When I copy the link and paste it into Fennec directly, the link works as expected.
Invalid data format, wanna try again?
I downloaded it, the pdf is legit. Yours might have gotten corrupted during download, or the PDF viewer you are using is struggling with something in the document. Its all there though.
Maybe they’re underaged?
Edit: catbox mirror
Do kids even follow that though?
Of course not,. But the hope is that it waives them a certain level of liability.
Or maybe I’m 43 years old (fact), and just don’t care to sign into Google anymore.
You’d figure a PDF document link might actually take you to a PDF document and not do the bait and switch with an HTML document…
I’m all in for blaming google for almost everything, but this is entirely on you.
No, as it turns out, it’s a bug in Jerboa for Lemmy.
When I tap the link in Jerboa, it sees PDF and blindly tries to force-feed the link into a PDF viewer rather than a web browser.
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Is there an 8 year old in the house that can figure it out for you?
That’s nice. Can anyone provide a version of the document that like doesn’t require signing into Google?
This doesn’t ask to sign into google for me. If your Browser is forcing that then install Firefox or an alternate browser than chrome.
You think I use Chrome? 😂🤣
All jokes aside, I get you, I use Fennec, a fork of Firefox.
Then you shouldn’t need to login to Google
Shouldn’t being the key word, but it’s trying to open Google Play to ‘help’ me find an app to open this ‘weird’ PDF that’s actually an HTML script. Android doesn’t give me the option to pick which app it tries to open the downloaded script with, unless I rename it to HTML, but then it just loads the script locally and the Yes/No buttons don’t even work.
Maybe try in a different browser or device because I don’t think it has that requirement. Unless it accepts existing login cookies (which it should not without explicitly stating).
I use Fennec, a fork of Firefox, and I’m not logged into a damn thing on Fennec. Yeah that might largely be the problem, but I ain’t about to login to Google on my mobile devices anymore…
The archive org link I tried doesn’t seem to work. Do you have an alternative file hoster you trust that I could use?
catbox.moe is pretty solid for files 200MB or less, temporarily though. But the archive snapshot can permanently archive files from there (or at least used to be able to).
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Worked for me…
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Works for me.
Ah yes, the magical answer to everything. Doesn’t work for me, invalid format.
Works for me too.
Its not even a PDF, its an HTML, prompting for my age.
That’s fantastic, for everyone else I guess.
Why am I prompted to sign into Google to even view it though?
My mobile devices have never been signed into Google, and I ain’t about to break from that personal rule to view documents on a dead pervert and his associates.
Is there a version of this document that can be viewed with a proper FOSS PDF app?
Are you done polluting this post?
Now that wasn’t necessary at all, I should have a right to view the document without having to login to Google.
Sorry to bother your thread, but some of us halfway appreciate keeping some level of privacy and trying to avoid ending up on an Epstein list for even looking at documents…
That a good question and one I’m willing to troubleshoot with you. In the meantime what’s your preferred file hoster？I can upload the pdf for you.
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Why would I be lying about this? Google doesn’t know what to do with the document as downloaded, so it’s attempting to open Google Play to find an app for it. Since I’m not logged into Google, the Play Store app jumps straight to the Google Login page on my device. Trying to jump directly to the page in Fennec gives me the Invalid Format error.
Recognizing the file extension of the downloaded script should be HTML rather than PDF, I renamed it as such and loaded it locally in Fennec, where indeed it asked if I’m over 18, but since the page was loaded locally, the Yes/No buttons don’t even work as they’re sending the button response to localhost 127.0.0.1 instead of their website.
Anyways, thanks for all the help, you’ve been none.
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Ah, I found the problem. That’s not a PDF document at all, that’s an HTML document that’s attempting to prompt me for my age.
Get your links right homie, that’s not a PDF at all.
It is a pdf link but there is an intercept script that does the age verification. Once you have said yes once, the PDF links then just directly lead to the PDFs.
But I don’t understand why you are promted for Google sign in, I tried on Vanadium and Firefox and there was no google stuff.
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But it’s a very surface level prompt. Is it just me that has instinctively selected the “I’m over 18” button without thinking long before that was true?
They don’t ask verification as far as I know. It’s the US gov so you’re correct to be cautious. I didn’t try in a “private” tab.
No no no, I had to open the downloaded ‘PDF’ to my device, then open it with a hex editor, to discover it was actually in HTML format, to request my age and ID first.
The page never outright even loaded, I just discovered that because I know how to use a hex editor. The page never loaded properly in either format, neither PDF nor HTML.
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What device, os,
browserfennec, and addons?I figured it out, it’s apparently a bug in the Jerboa for Lemmy app. Jerboa sees PDF and tries to open my default PDF viewer rather than my web browser Fennec.
When I copy the link and paste it directly in Fennec, it works as expected, but when I tap the link in Jerboa, it’s blindly trying to open it with a PDF app, which gives the Invalid Format error.
A MaxWest tablet, stock Android 11, but never signed into Google. No Chrome here, I used to use Firefox, until they started adopting AI tech, so now I use the more privacy focused fork, Fennec.
Mans really just typed the URL from the address bar without applying any critical thinking.
Oh, I followed additional links and advice from comments throughout the entire thread. None lead me to an actual PDF document (save for catbox), all lead me to either an Invalid Format error, or a page trying to force me to login to Google and confirm my age and identification.
The link itself isn’t even a PDF, it’s an HTML document, confirmed via hex editor, forcing me to login, which I don’t and won’t do.
A PDF link shouldn’t download an HTML document, that’s basically a bait and switch tactic, coming from the government themselves.
Whatever happened to transparency? 🤔
You’ve got weirdly high expectations for a link coming from the US government.
Hence why I asked other people for alternate links that might actually work. The catbox link from user trashcan actually works.