well it might be part of the reason why, but there are innumerable other reasons to avoid shared public folders. there is actually quite a history surrounding these things in computing, you can likely find evidence of it on any multi-user system. On Dec 12, 2004, at 11:51 AM, elijah wright wrote:
Do institutions in other parts of the world have a drive like this? Do similar things happen there?
not anymore, and this is exactly why.
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