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May as well have the web just be a series of PDFs, I've never heard of exploits in those! /s Even just rendering engines can have bugs that can be exploited b
by kyrra 5y ago
May as well have the web just be a series of PDFs, I've never heard of exploits in those! /s
Even just rendering engines can have bugs that can be exploited by specially crafted content. While it reduces the attack surface, it would be a massive hit to usability of web pages.
- catlikesshrimp 5y agoYou should have specified somewhere that PDFs are also vulnerable. It is not common sense. On that, PDFs run scripts and use graphic libraries, they are not text documents.
- kyrra 5y agoagreed, it was a bad example. You can fill them out like forms and the like.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoPDFs can have full-on javascript and everything, too
- seanw444 5y agoGemini ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- nonameiguess 5y agoYou write this seemingly as a joke, but someone a few months back actually posted a link to a blog that entirely consists of pdfs. What we really need is blogs that are all .txt files, to avoid the exploits in pdf active content.