[geeks] encrypted video cable?

[John Francini]

I'd have to try one with Little Snitch installed. Somehow, I don't  
think it would phone home -- at least not to Adobe.

I have a feeling that the built-in PDF code may not support Adobe's  
javascript extensions as well.

Does anyone have a PDF file so 'infected' that I could use as a test?

john



On 1 Nov 2006, at 15:32, velociraptor wrote:

> On 10/30/06, John Francini <francini at mac.com> wrote:
>> On 30 Oct 2006, at 13:36, velociraptor wrote:
>>> The rendering of the OSS pdf viewers/printers is atrocious  
>>> compared to
>>> Adobe's however.    I never really noticed this until I printed some
>>> things recently.  I don't know if this is an issue with all pdfs, or
>>> only with some.  I have not noticed the issue on the Mac.  However,
>>> their pdf rendering code is licensed from Adobe.  I wonder if Mac's
>>> preview "phones home"?
>>
>> No, because it would then be doing so for everything it renders on
>> the screen.  Part of the underlying Quartz display engine uses PDF
>> rendering technology to render all displayed text.
>
> I am aware of the fact that the entire Mac UI render system is
> PDF-based.  I was referring specifically to the case of pdf documents
> that have the embedded javascript that can be used to "phone home" if
> you open them with Acroread/Acrobat.  Most pdfs do not have this
> embedded gem, but some do.  My question was to the latter.
>
> =Nadine=
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