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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IronWolf" data-source="post: 5640962" data-attributes="member: 21076">Yeah, typically proven safe by a few scans by some AV scanners and malware scanners and general reputation on the Internet. It isn't like I am suggesting going to some back alley on Internet and download some pirated software off a torrent link. PC Gen is reputable software. And the source code is open if you do want to look more closely at it.PCGen has been around a long time. I am pretty sure we can count them trustworthy at this point. We aren't talking some backwater application here. I've heard of more suspect things from Apple and Microsoft than I have from the PCGen creators.Yep - always worth checking software downloads after downloading in case something did happen to their distribution server. Of course their software is downloaded from SourceForge another place that has a good reputation of running a clean system or at the very least being very up front about anything that might have breached their integrity.I find it interesting that you are going to trust cloud-based storage, but not an application that already has a good reputation within the Internet community.Some of us prefer PDFs to game data wrapped up in a subscription based service that we lose access to when we tire of the monthly fee. Plus PDFs are easily readable on laptops, tablets and smart phones if need be.I don't mind seeing things move towards some option of tablet based access. Smartphone screens are just too small to be practical for long term use though in my opinion. Great for quick look ups, but not during game prep where I need to look at the material for much longer periods of time.</blockquote>

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