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Playable DOOM Now Available in PDF Format (www.retronews.com)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't believe doom should be playable in any document, being able to, in my opinion, is a sign of software vulnerability.

[–] MajorHavoc 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Oh yes. Adobe Reader has a reputatation for ongoing vulnerabilities. (Count: 1901 at time of comment)

Part of it was Adobe's shitty security culture for many years. They've done a good job search-washing this away, but many of us remember their previous CEO lashing out at security researchers - as if Adobe being a Cybersecurity laughing stock was some kind of conspiracy.

Part of it is simply that becoming the final word in portable documents required a lot of shenanigans.

For some context, and contrast:

Edit: In fairness, Adobe Reader is (whether it should be or not) also closer to Firefox in functionality, as well.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How about LaTeX vulnerabilities? :-D

[–] MajorHavoc 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's a reason Flash needed updates every damn day.

[–] MajorHavoc 1 points 4 days ago

Lol. Yeah. I remember that era. Oof.