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Truth be told, I actually prefer PDFs opening in browser compared to downloading the file, opening the file, reading it, and then having to delete file (unless I actually want to save it.) If it's a file I want to keep, I right click and save or save the already open PDF. Most of the time I'm just looking for information in a datasheet and don't want to actually download the PDF.

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Did you read the entry? It apparently downloads and opens in the native PDF reader without asking when browser pdf plugin is disabled.

With the state of PDF security this could a one-click pwn.

This bug only applies to people who have disabled Chrome's built-in PDF reader, if I'm reading it right. (And pdfium is probably the world's best in-browser PDF reader; it works reliably, it's well-sandboxed, and it's free software despite being based on the proprietary/commercial Foxit codebase.)

I don't think so. I have the Chrome PDF reader enabled on a Mac using Sierra and sometimes it just downloads the PDF and opens it in Preview.

Someone should probably say that on the bug report, then! :) Especially if it happens with Chrome stable.

If the web server throws a "Content-Disposition: attachment" header with it, you will download the file, no matter the mime type or file extension.

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