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| From | HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.usage.english, sci.lang, comp.editors |
| Subject | (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share |
| Date | 2024-06-10 13:19 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <v47n4s$jt41$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
i'm a bit annoyed when People send me (MS Word) .doc files,
because i must first convert them to .pdf before i can read them.
TIL (Today I Learn) that .doc files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share:
>>> people send them thinking they are sending text files...
and wind up sending an awful lot of metadata .... (like the undo
history). LibreOffice will read Word (.doc) files and let you export to
text, pdf, or rtf formats which are safe to share.
>>> university ... Vice-Chancellor who sent out "all staff"
memos by e-mail in MS-Word format. ...
.... composed them by taking an existing MS-Word file and altering
the contents. He apparently didn't know about the "revision history"
feature, ........ ended up leaking confidential documents.
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/244902/can-i-be-sure-a-word-document-is-safe-if-it-doesnt-have-macros
>>> I am aware that MS Word documents can be potentially
dangerous due to the executable macros contained within them.
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(MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> - 2024-06-10 13:19 -0700
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2024-06-11 09:50 +0100
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-11 11:02 +0200
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 11:37 -0400
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share occam <occam@nowhere.nix> - 2024-06-12 20:21 +0200
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2024-06-12 16:12 -0400
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share musika <mUs1Ka@NOSPAMexcite.com> - 2024-06-12 20:06 +0100
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Sam Plusnet <not@home.com> - 2024-06-13 02:09 +0100
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2024-06-13 11:58 +0100
Re: (MS Word) ".doc" files are (sometimes?) unsafe to share Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2024-06-13 05:36 +0200
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