yes, as it is not common, spending time on it is not that urgent.
Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
https://github.com/abdur-rahmaanj/
On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, 05:30 brynn, <br...@frii.com> wrote:
> Hi Fellow Moderators!
> Welcome to our newest moderator, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer. Now
> with 6
> moderators, 3 of which are able visit on almost daily basis, I'm starting
> to
> feel like the system is really able to meet its potential.
>
> (Fyi Everyone, JAKE is now Panda.)
>
> I'd also like to discuss a moderation issue regarding PDFs. There
> was a
> recent image, I think it was the map of Europe, uploaded as a PDF. One
> comment
> which was posted, along with a vote to delete, was "pdf can contain
> viruses or
> get your ip on opening".
>
> While I understand that potentially can happen, PDF is an
> acceptable
> format for uploaded resources (whether image or text) in the gallery. So
> we
> can't delete them only because they are PDFs.
>
> However, since their contents are not displayed, we must open
> them, to
> find out if they meet the CoC guidlines. What would be the best way to
> get a
> look at the contents, without risking our personal privacy and/or
> security?
>
> I'm thinking we should download and run our local security scans,
> before
> opening. (Or I suppose there are some free online scanners. Don't have
> any
> links right offhand though.) Does anyone know of a better, possibly less
> time
> consuming (and memory eating) way to get a safe look at the contents?
>
> All best,
> brynn
>
>
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