Free online PDF editors ask you to upload first. Their privacy pages usually say files are encrypted in transit, processed, then deleted after a few hours. That is better than a random Telegram bot. It is still a copy of your Aadhaar on a server you do not control, in a jurisdiction you did not pick, under a ToS you did not read.
Pdf Buddy is a desktop PDF editor for Windows: edit, merge, split, compress, and sign without sending the file to a random processor for the core workflow.
A simple rule
- Public flyer, already on the website: online tool is fine.
- ID, bank, payroll, client, health: desktop, or a vendor you have a DPA with.
pdfFiller markets SOC2/HIPAA for enterprises who choose a cloud. That is a paid, contractual relationship — not a free “drop file here” widget. Do not confuse the two.