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Re:Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Scien... by givepause on Sunday May 09, 2021 @09:04AM (#27095619)
They only host PDFs and EPUBs, so there's no software involved.
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Re:Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Scien... by eloisius on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:22AM (#27103539)
While I think it’s incorrect to assume PDFs cannot be exploited, I’m using computer viruses as a metaphor. What if a legit chemistry paper was tampered with such that the procedure creates and explosively releases a nerve agent and a cheap grad student that didn’t pay for the legal copy unknowingly follows it?
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Re:Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Scien... by JetSpiegel on Thursday May 13, 2021 @07:24PM (#27148764)
> What if a legit chemistry paper was tampered with such that the procedure creates and explosively releases a nerve agent and a cheap grad student that didn’t pay for the legal copy unknowingly follows it?

That grad student is visited by representatives from the military-industrial complex and is quickly drafted to doing that again. Imagine creating nerve agents by accident, what a breakthrough!

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Re:Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Scien... by Mediterraneo10 on Sunday May 09, 2021 @11:12AM (#27096602)
Both the PDF and EPUB formats allow embedding programs within them. The risk of malware is remote but real.
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