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No you don't. The scenario you have concocted is ridiculous.
by LLWM 12y ago
No you don't. The scenario you have concocted is ridiculous.
- emiliobumachar 12y agoThe specific scenario is unlikely, but hiding file and folder names is definitely a great feature. A lot can be inferred from file and folder names in industrial espionage scenarios.
- LLWM 12y agoIf you're worried about someone inferring data from seeing files with leading names like "potential microsoft buyout.ppt", perhaps you should give your files less conspicuous names? Pretty much every organization concerned with security has figured this out long ago.
- Dylan16807 12y agoFrankly I find the suggestion that I manually give every single file on my computer an inconspicuous name even more ridiculous than a document of nuclear launch codes. Metadata is data too. It should be protected.
- tptacek 12y agoFilename metadata absolutely does deserve protection! I'm not sure why it's become a ground truth that filesystem-level crypto must leak filenames.