macgeekery.com — Afraid that co-workers might fight the embarrassing picture you've made of yourself, or that your mother might find your porn stash in ~/Movies/? Search no further. Discover every way to keep your files secure from others.
Jun 28, 2006 View in Crawl 4
tabledeskJun 29, 2006
Changing the filename AND extension is a good idea. Change it to .dat and any normal user would not be curious
zforresterJun 29, 2006
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pudquickJun 29, 2006
Don't forget about encrypted disk images, FileVault encrypted home directories, and Safari private browsing! After all, it was Apple that was responsible for the fall from Eden :D
yongfookJun 29, 2006
correct me if I'm wrong, but all of this can be bypassed by simply starting a mac up in target disk mode, then using it as a firewire disk and freely pull files off it.I've done this a number of times and I never seem to get asked for a password, even when rooting around in a user's movies / pictures folder. Still, doesn't stop me from stockpiling porn like it's going out of style.
marksyJun 29, 2006
yeah same, except now i can't remember my password :(
alej744Jun 29, 2006
I once set a porny picture JPEG into a .WAV and you wouldn't be able to open it. :)
diggmaster06Jul 5, 2007
hmm. this only works for noncomputer geeks, it seems to me that mac is no longer for people who doesn't know how to use computers, it is more for geeks who ran out of things to do on PC. on the other note, sex toys are not porn! <a class="user" href="http://www.discreet-romance.com">http://www.discreet-romance.com</a> proves just that
donnaddFeb 1, 2008
well if you want to be discreet, why not get sex toys and use them instead of looking at porn? or buy magazines and sex toys and keep them under your bed, the old fashioned way! That way you can trick your mom/who ever, into looking for your porn on the computer when actually its under the bed! Once you get your dirty magazines, check out <a class="user" href="http://www.theadulttoyshoppe.com">http://www.theadulttoyshoppe.com</a> for your discreet sex toys!
macpawDec 26, 2008
Try out this one, it also supports password protection and Leopard's quickView: MacHider <a class="user" href="http://www.macpaw.com/machider">http://www.macpaw.com/machider</a>