[LINK] Google engineer finds British spyware on PCs and smartphones

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Jan Whitaker <jwhit at melbpc.org.au> wrote:

> Given the lack of knowledge by the general public
> about file names, particularly the new crop of
> people buying entry level equipment like tablets,
> phablets, and smartphones, that is very scary.
>

indeed, but did you notice that Microsoft has made it the default to hide
files´ "known extensions" beginning with windows 95/98 or thereabouts? One
of my main griped on every windows installation (I prefer Linux and my main
system runs Fedora 17, yet I have to keep one or two windows systems around
for benchmarks and the like) has been to re-enable the showing of filename
extensions on the windows shell.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/865219

"A file name extension is a set of characters added to the end of a file
name that determine which program should open it. By default, Windows
Explorer hides file name extensions in Windows 7 and earlier versions of
Windows. However, you can make file name extensions visible. "

bastards. And don´t get me started on Google´s dumbification of user
interfaces...

FC

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