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[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (8 children)

First thing I do is unhide file types now since I grew up in the limewire era.

[–] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Another fucking stupid default

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

It's fine for the type of user windows is targeting by default.
Most people don't give a shit if it's xls, xlsx, xlsm, or xlsb, so long as they can open it in Excel and punch in numbers, and there are mechanisms to prevent these people from getting infected easily.

[–] snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it's honestly way more likely for someone to change the file type and break the file while renaming it, than it is for malware to get past Defender.

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