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Re:Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone by hirako2000 on Saturday October 24, 2026 @07:02AM (#50220105)
Network effect. Most documents are PDF. You would need at least backward compatibility, which would mean opening doors to the existing problem.
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Re:Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone by dnpls on Saturday October 24, 2026 @11:40AM (#50222331)
Got it. So if I want to hack anything, check if it can open PDF files first.
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Re:Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone by hirako2000 on Monday October 26, 2026 @03:22AM (#50240252)
You may have even more luck if your input gets injected into a prompt that gets executed by an agent having internet access.

Re security, there are many pdf viewers, so the rewrites exist, and some of them do not have the js execution engine and all that jazz that opens up all sorts of potential exploits.

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