>This suggests to me the author is giving advice based on paranoia rather than technical knowledge.
I noticed that immediately on the home page. The author suggests installing and running some sort of python package to verify the pdf is harmless. That sort of makes sense, until you realize that installing a random python package and running it is exposing you to far more risk than a opening a pdf ever will.
There are javascripts exploits as well. Do you never enable scripts? If you do enable scripts, do you vet the websites you enable scripts on as thoroughly as you random executables off the internet?
I noticed that immediately on the home page. The author suggests installing and running some sort of python package to verify the pdf is harmless. That sort of makes sense, until you realize that installing a random python package and running it is exposing you to far more risk than a opening a pdf ever will.