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Re:Take potentially dangerous PDFs, and convert them to safe... by creatonez on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @09:14PM (#46714388)
Firefox has a builtin PDF reader, PDF.js, that resides inside of the Javascript sandbox. In theory, it's as safe as loading a webpage.
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Re:Take potentially dangerous PDFs, and convert them to safe... by autoexec on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @10:05PM (#46714752)
So not actually all that safe since sandbox escapes happen all the time. PDF.js has had many vulnerabilities as well
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