Operating Systems Tracking Malware

Apple's .DS_Store and Microsoft's System Volume Information are essentially tracking malware. There are no fathomable good reasons for major operating systems to do this, so we must look to other reasons.

A screenshot of a post by Tim Sweeney claims that Apple's .DS_Store and Microsoft's System Volume Information files are effectively tracking malware. The joke is an exaggeratedly suspicious interpretation of normal operating-system files, shared as a reaction to someone making an absurd conspiracy-like claim. EN: A screenshot of a post by Tim Sweeney claims that Apple's .DS_Store and Microsoft's System Volume Information files are effectively tracking malware. The joke is an exaggeratedly suspicious interpretation of normal operating-system files, shared as a reaction to someone making an absurd conspiracy-like claim.

• @gentoomemes / 13764 2024-10-02