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Why does it display the name of anyone not in your contacts? Seems trivial to abuse. Hi, I'm Barack Obama, and I'm looking for a donation to prevent terrorism a
by duaneb 10y ago
Why does it display the name of anyone not in your contacts? Seems trivial to abuse. Hi, I'm Barack Obama, and I'm looking for a donation to prevent terrorism and child porn.
- nitrogen 10y agoYou completely changed your comment, so I'm responding to the original text: > I keep my file extensions hidden because if that's all between me and a virus I'm already fucked. It's also a sign I need to move operating systems. Showing extensions doesn't just guard against viruses, it also allows you to know what file type a file is, without having to memorize every icon on your system. You can also rename files to a different extension if you need to.
- duaneb 10y agoi can't speak for other OSs but if you click on the file you can see the extension. It's really only a pain in the ass when I can't remember and write the extension twice. Somehow you found the comment more interesting than I.
- Fiahil 10y agoYou can also use your favorite terminal emulator, and stop worrying about icons, file extensions, and "clicking on the wrong one".
- TeMPOraL 10y agoExcept that on systems that have the concept of "file extension", those extensions are used to determine how to open a file by default. If you're using Linux you don't care either way, but on Windows, even if on a terminal emulator, you have to care anyway.
- duaneb 10y agoI don't know what to say other than The Windows brand was permanently damaged from the ability to install a virus by double clicking a .jpeg. For years. UAC should have arrived with NT.