I don't believe doom should be playable in any document, being able to, in my opinion, is a sign of software vulnerability.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2025
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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:
- Microsoft Word Vulns (368 at time of comment)
- Emacs Vulns (26)
- Firefox Vulns (over 3,000)
Edit: In fairness, Adobe Reader is (whether it should be or not) also closer to Firefox in functionality, as well.
There's a reason Flash needed updates every damn day.
Lol. Yeah. I remember that era. Oof.
It uses JavaScript sadly. I was hoping for Postscript...
Until it runs on my .txt pc i don't care
Do you mean... Notepad Doom?
That's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of. Holy shit, its amazing. Ok ok, I will care now.
What’s next? Doom on a power bank display?
Sadly doesn't work on Firefox :^(
Probably a good thing from a security perspective
That’s ok nothing else does either :P
I know it's a joke, but I'm totally typing this message out to you on Firefox and it is working just fi
:D