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		generationP on Aug 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PDF: Still unfit for human consumption, 20 years l... I'd say modern websites are worse. PDFs don't keep moving under your feet while the javascript is loading. PDFs can be straightforwardly saved on your computer. PDFs don't blank out if you lose connection because of ajax. PDFs don't embed malware from third parties.

dhosek on Aug 10, 2020 [–]

On the last point, PDFs can still embed first-party malware. E.g., https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/malicious-pdfs-revealing-te...

sliken on Aug 10, 2020 | [–]

Or spy on you, without malware.

generationP on Aug 10, 2020 | | [–]

Modern websites spy on you by default, though.

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