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Threat actors exploited Windows 0-day for more than a year before Microsoft fixed it (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

We are trained to see file extensions and understand them, but the masses aren't.

My computer-iliterate dad is on Debian XFCE since 2 years now. The first year, he thought it was the new Windows. File extensions didn't bother him in the slightest.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I don't think extensions are a "bother" at all. It's just a different way to show the info.