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nom
3334 days ago
The PDF "format" never fails to amuse me. Check out the talk "OMG WTF PDF" [0] from the 27. Chaos Communication Congress, it's eye opening.
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https://media.ccc.de/v/27c3-4221-en-omg_wtf_pdf
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tjalfi
3334 days ago
You would probably like the James Mickens video "Life As A Developer: My Code Does Not Work Because I Am A Victim Of Complex Societal Factors That Are Beyond My Control"[0]. He starts talking about the Adobe PDF reader at 19:30.
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https://vimeo.com/180568023
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H4CK3RM4N
3334 days ago
I still love that the SHA 1 collision was able to change the color of an image in a PDF, due to the junk data present.
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peapicker
3334 days ago
Thanks for that link.
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[0] https://vimeo.com/180568023