Re:The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity
by mssundaram on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @01:25AM
(#26643814)
> exposing you to far more risk than a opening a pdf ever will
Have you looked into pdf vulnerabilities? I'd say they're about equal
Re:The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity
by gruez on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @09:09AM
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There are javascripts exploits as well. Do you never enable scripts? If you do enable scripts, do you vet the websites you enable scripts on as thoroughly as you random executables off the internet?
Re:The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity
by mssundaram on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @04:06PM
(#26652410)
Are we in disagreement here?
I noticed that immediately on the home page. The author suggests installing and running some sort of python package to verify the pdf is harmless. That sort of makes sense, until you realize that installing a random python package and running it is exposing you to far more risk than a opening a pdf ever will.