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I have seen people obviously sharing their entire hard drive on P2P platforms, and it's usually been someone's C drive and a massive security issue. I don't thi

I have seen people obviously sharing their entire hard drive on P2P platforms, and it's usually been someone's C drive and a massive security issue. I don't think some clients do enough to make it clear to people that they need to be careful not to share more than they intend to or should.

londons_explore 4y ago
On modern windows, ideally there are no sensitive files accessible to a user program, because everything should be in the secret store/protectedstorage. Obviously a lot of programs still store cached session keys and passwords in plaintext somewhere in your user directory though...
- imhoguy 4y ago
  and assuming nobody puts their passwords.txt on desktop and keeps unprotected wallet.dat around.
- crtasm 4y ago
  besides that a user's Photos and Documents directories can be rather sensitive
- patrick451 4y ago
  There's a lot more to be concerned about than session keys and passwords. Tax documents, health records, photos, private journal documents, just to name a few.