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It's basically digital paper and since paper can be all those things so can PDFs.
by marcinzm 6y ago
It's basically digital paper and since paper can be all those things so can PDFs.
- giantDinosaur 6y agoCan paper run ad-tracking analytics scripts though? ;-)
- eat_veggies 6y agocan pdf?
- easton 6y agoGiven that PDFs can embed JavaScript, they can embed ad tracking software, yes. And Linux VMs. And a port of WinAmp.
- randomdude402 6y agoI didn't know they could embed javascript. That's horrifying.
- sjy 6y agoI don’t think any of that is possible with the JavaScript APIs exposed (if any) by common PDF readers. I’ve tried to do useful things with JavaScript in a PDF and failed utterly. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32597283/can-javascript-running-within-a-pdf-access-the-domain-it-was-downloaded-from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32597283/can-javascript-...
- SSLy 6y agoPaizo uses JS to trigger map layers (for RPG products)
- jcynix 6y agoTracking is one possible problem. The other is, that JavaScript can modify the document itself, so a part of a contract for example might print out differently depending on conditions. That's why PDF/A for archiving was created which disallows various components, cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF%2FA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF%2FA
- mpweiher 6y agoFortunately many PDF viewers don't run them.
- marcinzm 6y agoHave a single copy of the paper in a place with a sign in sheet and now you're tracking everyone who looks at it.