rabchi's comments

I remember seeing this presentation a few years ago on the security of PDF encryption: https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10832-how_to_break_pdfs

I think this is a quick summary of one of their findings: https://pdf-insecurity.org/#how-to-break-pdf-encryption-nove...

This is perhaps something to be aware of.

Critical psychology is an area within psychology that goes back to the late 1960s and that agrees with a lot of the criticism in OP and in your comment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_psychology

If you are interested in learning more I have found these two books to be good introductions to the topic:

- "Psychology, Subjectivity, and Society: An Introduction to German Critical Psychology" by Charles Tolman

- "Psychology from the Standpoint of the Subject: Selected Writings of Klaus Holzkamp" edited by Ernst Schraube and Ute Osterkamp.