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Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why does the notepad app do anything but edit text?

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feature creep.

[–] RickyRigatoni@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Creature feep

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, it was bad at that too. Until they vibe-coded it to a Wordpad2.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 3 points 1 month ago

They added markup so now links work.