[LINK] RFI: Intrusive Internet Mechanisms

[rene]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 15:18:56 +1000, rene wrote:
> Also, on the topic of the Firefox BetterPrivacy plug in, there's an
> imo very interesting post about that on the below 'reviews' page. The
> post/review I'm referring to is currently the fifth one down the
> page, titled: Why Privacy+ and BetterPrivacy Don't Delete All LSOs by
> Al on February 8, 2010
>
> I have no idea whether most of the info in that post is accurate or
> not, but it strikes me as highly likely. (The only thing in it that I
> am sure is not correct, at least if using Windows XP Home, is the
> idea of "Click Properties, and then tick the "Read Only" option,
> making the (global) LSO a Read Only file", because, as previously
> mentioned, that does not work for the purpose of actually making the
> file read-only in Windows XP Home (and most probably not in some
> other versions of Windows).

Correction, what I said above about making a *file* read-only is wrong, the 
poster/reviewer is correct. In Windows XP Home it *is* possible to make a 
*file* read only by the above method. What is not possible is making a 
*file directory* read only/non writeable by that method.

Sorry, and, Oh, if only Windows 'security' were more user friendly, less 
confusing.

Irene