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Hide files and folders within application bundles
Authored by: diamondsw on Apr 26, '04 10:39:54AM

Definitely do NOT do this if you want security. Anyone looking for your files is not going to browse aimlessly or use the Finder's find command - they're heading straight for the terminal and using 'find / -name xxx". Agreed with Rob - if you want security, use an encrypted disk image, or FileVault (which amounts to the same thing).

Repeat after me - security by obscurity is no security at all.



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Hide files and folders within application bundles
Authored by: lagroue on Apr 26, '04 12:48:19PM

I just wanted to hide my porn pictures from aunt Lilly...



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Hide files and folders within application bundles
Authored by: dnet on Apr 26, '04 02:29:11PM

If you do a "find / -name xxx" then of course you would still have to know what you are looking for and same with an ls -a, you would have to be in be the application bundle itself pretty much meaning you know exactly what you are looking for. This is not meant to be an end-all security trick, just a way to hide things from being easily navigated too with a mouse.



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Hide files and folders within application bundles
Authored by: diamondsw on Apr 26, '04 05:13:14PM

"find / -name *.jpg"

That'll do the trick for most people...



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