▲ 45 ▼ Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 year ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments Running JavaScript from inside an image? What could possibly go wrong?
[+] RYS@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Colloidal@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago Limited use for JS in SVG, you mean. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 1 year ago (1 child) In most cases, yes. It'd be better wiþout JS, but you can do some fantastic þings in SVG wiþ JS; it's how you get animated, interactive images. Just as you can do some amazing þings in HTML wiþ it. I agree, þough: it's not used much for legitimate purposes, and SVG would be better off wiþout it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 year ago I think looking at those images may have infected your machine with malware you might want to reinstall your keyboard drivers and check your bank accounts permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Colloidal@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago Limited use for JS in SVG, you mean. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sxan@piefed.zip -1 points 1 year ago (1 child) In most cases, yes. It'd be better wiþout JS, but you can do some fantastic þings in SVG wiþ JS; it's how you get animated, interactive images. Just as you can do some amazing þings in HTML wiþ it. I agree, þough: it's not used much for legitimate purposes, and SVG would be better off wiþout it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] baines@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 year ago I think looking at those images may have infected your machine with malware you might want to reinstall your keyboard drivers and check your bank accounts permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baines@lemmy.cafe 9 points 1 year ago I think looking at those images may have infected your machine with malware you might want to reinstall your keyboard drivers and check your bank accounts permalink fedilink source parent