On 2015-06-24, Randall Smith <rand...@tnr.cc> wrote: > On 06/24/2015 06:36 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >> I don't understand how mangling the data is supposed to protect the >> recipient. Don't they have the ability unmangle the data, and thus >> expose themselves to whatever nasties are in the files? > > They never look at the data and wouldn't care to unmangle it.
I obviously don't "get it". If the recipient is never going look at the data or unmangle it, why not convert every received file to a single null byte? That way you save on disk space as well -- especially if you just create links for all files after the initial one. ;) [I supposed next you're going to tell me that Windows filesystems don't support links.] > The purpose is primarily to prevent automated software (file > indexers, virus scanners) from doing bad things to the data. Life under windows must be more tiresome than I imagined (or could imagine) if you have to jump through such hoops to keep "automated software" from doing bad things to your data files. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! My mind is making at ashtrays in Dayton ... gmail.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list