Adobe Reader security issue

In the lastest version, if Reader identifies the document as having a signature is allows you change the document. You cannot save it but you can print it with the changes you have made. This means that a pdf is no longer secure and can be altered by anyone. Was that the intent? Is there anyway that we can save ous documents so they cannot be altered after we email?

You can set Acrobat security in the usual way to limit the ability of Adobe products to edit them, but please carefully read the warning you get when setting security the first time. Of course, if the document is worth having in a different form, there's nothing to stop anyone retyping it!
Alternatively, if the issue is authentity/stopping fakes/etc. you should look at digital signatures, which are designed to prove a document is authentic and detect with certainty any tampering.

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