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There are valid security concerns
Authored by: Christoph on Jun 06, '05 02:53:23AM
As far as I know, there is actually a security issue with Acrobat Reader 7 which can only be fixed by removing JavScript:

Acrobat Reader 7 will report every time a document is opened to a specific URL, provided the document has been prepared for this.

It is correct that this does not compromise your system, but it opens the field to many nasty use cases of this feature. In partucalrly since copyright law has been changed in such a way recently that not only distributing, but even viewing or listening copyrighted material can be a violation of copyright.

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There are valid security concerns
Authored by: prodok on Jun 10, '05 03:19:14AM

Actually, in order to call a webserver when the document gets opened, you don't even need JavaScript. And this feature has been around for an even longer time.

I agree that this is a privacy issue, but I would not blame it to the base application, but to the use of it. And, there are scenarios where this "calling home" may be intended and absolutely legitimate.



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