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by anshumankmr 1582 days ago
>because images weren't executable code

I believe that is what the creators of this virus must be relying on. All I hope is that creating this image virus doesn't become common knowledge (cause that we will fundamentally reshape how we interact on social media).

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> All I hope is that creating this image virus doesn't become common knowledge

All I hope is that devs start replacing parsers with ones written in a safe language.