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[–] some_designer_dude 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think most if not all of those formats are plaintext? Open a .doc and it’s a heap of garbage XML-like soup.

[–] paf0 2 points 11 months ago

It is now but the older formats used to be more like an executable byte code. Efficient but insecure.