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Originally Posted by ItWasMe
I feel silly pointing out the obvious, but it's VERY easy to accidentally run across something like that. I recently ran across an old 'home video' that I forgot existed (and I so hope the kids didn't find it too) even though I thought it was well hidden. Heck, it was even in a "hidden" folder that was in another "hidden" folder.
...Even if you have a folder address such as "c:/mystuff/my private stuff/don't go here/really serious dont go here/you have been warned/soandsos-naked-pic.jpg" ...
If you save an internet photo into that folder (on my pc anyway)...when the next person tries to save an internet photo, it will automatically suggest saving into that folder, and show you the file names in that folder. And sometimes it shows thumbnails of everything in that folder. And if the next person has a browser open to look for *their own* file somewhere and hits file/browse...it's going to suggest the last folder that something was saved to, as well as show you what is there. My graphics program works the same way.
I'm not saying this is how she found the picture. I have no idea how she did. But before shaking my finger at her, I'll remember how many times I've had to move the milk to get to the ketchup in my own fridge.
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Note my above post about how my computer porn is arranged. It's not on C drive at all, it's on my removable drive. If I had a
live in girlfriend, I would remove said drive whenever I wasn't using it and put it into a private place. So in my case it's IMPOSSIBLE for her to acidentally stumble on porn, unless she goes and looks for the drive, finds it, hooks it up to the computer, and opens said drive. In which case she would have taken 4 affirmative steps to find my porn folder, and would not be able to say that she stumbled onto it.
Labelling a folder as private stuff or porn folder, should give a strong enough message not to go into it. It's clear and to the point. If that is the case. In addition she did say in the OP that she was looking into her boyfriend's porn folder. She didn't say that she stumbled across the porn folder by accident. Calling her actions "looking for trouble" is reasonable based on how she described it. (If you're going into something you KNOW is a porn folder, I really don't think you have much cause to be angry if you find adults that your SO finds arousing in said folder, even if you don't approve of his choice in adults, children would be another matter entirely.)
Edit: In my reply I forgot to address one of your points about the hidden folder within another hidden folder. While you could see the folder name, and the files of a similiar type to the one that is being saved, you cannot see what the files actually have in them. (you could see what the photos are saved as, but it doesn't really tell you the contents of said photos, unless they are titled, based on their contents). Of course if you have issues with "private stuff" being seen by people you don't want to see it on a shared computer, my method makes it impossible for that to happen accidently) If I were to remove my external hard drive (or simply turn it off), after saving a porn pic, and someone else were to come to my computer wanting to save a non porn pic, it wouldn't go automatically into my porn folder, because the external hard drive is unavailable unless it's both hooked up and turned on.