alt Hacker NewsIs this a big deal? is it also not a problem with anything that renders clickable links? Browsers, email clients, whatever.
Is this not a problem with anything that offers a preview of markdown (or HTML, or anything with embedded links)?
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abustamam • yesterday at 9:45 PM
It could be. But why is notepad doing anything other than rendering text? I don't expect it to make links clickable, or render markdown.
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BLKNSLVR • yesterday at 9:38 PM
Just imagine all the problems that wouldn't have occurred of email remained text only!
The problem is notepad itself would download and execute bad stuff if you click the evil link. If you would paste that same link in a browser you'd be ok.
And the problem is a notepad app is expected to be dead simple, have few features, and be hard to get wrong while implementing.