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One advantage of Firefox's PDF reader is that it is sandboxed which a dedicated PDF reader typically isn't AFAIK.
by gnyeki 15d ago
One advantage of Firefox's PDF reader is that it is sandboxed which a dedicated PDF reader typically isn't AFAIK.
- jimjimjim 15d agoGenerally speaking most dedicated PDF readers haven't implemented the nastier parts of the PDF spec that need a sandbox. Except adobe. They support everything because they wrote it. But they keep making it worse so I can't recommend them.
- nosioptar 15d agoFor Linux users, SELinux's sandbox command works well. (The manual isn't event two printed pages.) I think flatpacks also have some sandboxing. https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/sandbox.8.html https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/sandbox.8.html