alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoA 60KB pdf file that runs Tetris.th0mas.nlexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down11cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up164arrow-down1external-linkA 60KB pdf file that runs Tetris.th0mas.nlalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarehenfredemarslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThis did not work on my iPhone. Instead there’s just an empty white box in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoThat’s probably a good thing. Why on earth should a pdf file be able to do something like this? Just seems like another potential attack surface.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWhich PDF reader were you using?
minus-squarehenfredemarslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s the built-in PDF reader as part of the browser. I’m not aware that it has any name.
minus-squareDdCno1@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt would probably work in Adobe Reader. Surprisingly, it works in Firefox built-in PDF viewer, which has iffy compatibility with some more complex PDFs, but it might not work in the very different iOS build of this browser.
This did not work on my iPhone. Instead there’s just an empty white box in the upper left-hand corner of the page.
That’s probably a good thing. Why on earth should a pdf file be able to do something like this? Just seems like another potential attack surface.
Which PDF reader were you using?
It’s the built-in PDF reader as part of the browser. I’m not aware that it has any name.
It would probably work in Adobe Reader. Surprisingly, it works in Firefox built-in PDF viewer, which has iffy compatibility with some more complex PDFs, but it might not work in the very different iOS build of this browser.