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> This just shows to me what a bad idea sandboxing is for those kind of apps that are supposed to interoperate with the whole system.

Isn't the point of sandboxing specifically to prevent apps interoperating with the whole system? (I've not really paid it much attention so far)



Yeah but what's the point in making Preview.app sandboxed? It's a damn document viewer.


There have been numerous PDF exploits in the past (including jail breaking iOS) - sounds like it needs its scope limiting.




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