popo

My computer-savvy sis-in-law is coming to stay with me & my wife for a couple weeks and will be sleeping in the computer room. She'll probably be using the computer for email, etc. I'm wondering if she'd ask herself "Hey, I wonder what's in his Kazaa folder?" and take a peek. Or do a search for clips to see what's there.

I've got ALOT, too many to burn and probably not worth the effort. Think I should just delete everything (including bookmarks) and make it a fun thing to start from scratch in search of quality porn?

Daval

just make some really obscure directory buried within about 15 subdirectories in your c: drive and transfer everything there temporarily. Also, change the ending from .jpg or whatnot to .doc or .tmp or whatnot so they don't show up in a search.

Unless she really digs deep they won't find them.

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-Ever-

Very simple. Put all your porn into one folder. Right click and go to the general tab. There should something that says "attributes". Select "hidden" and viola! now put that into another folder and while in the second folder where the hidden one will remain, go up to folder options and select view. Scroll down to "hidden files and folders" and select "do not show..." Just remember the host folder and when she's gone, go back into folder options and select "show hidden files and folders." Now this is all assuiming you are using a PC on a Windows platform....
Good luck.
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popo

Yeah but I'd have to individually change the endings of way too many files. Is there a way of editing lots of filenames at once?

popo

Now this is where TFP shines!

popo

Forgot about bookmarks. Is there a way to hide one folder of bookmarks?

Thanks!

HeyAgain

Couldn't you just save that specific bookmark folder onto a floppy disk or upload those bookmarks to a temporary Yahoo account. After moving to the appropriate place, delete the existing bookmark folder, and reload them once your sister-in-law has left your residence.

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lol, I'm glad I can contribute to the forum

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Peetster

The FIRST thing I do when sitting down to a computer in a forensic capacity is to make all files visable. This would work if she were a computer peasant, but as stated she is computer savvy. I would move all files to a directory, and encrypt the entire ball of wax using PGP or any other high encryption utility. Make sure you copy your shortcuts there first as well. You shouldn't lose a single bit, and it will take a bank of Crays months to unencrypt your stash. After she leaves, decrypy and keep posting.

-Ever-

While this would definitely work, I would personally feel comfortable enough with just hidden files knowing that my *sister-in-law* was the one I was hiding them from. I mean come on, if you think someone's going to go that far to find out your secrets, why would you give them a bed in your home? Just seems kind of weird to me. If this is still the case, go ahead and do some encryption research

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popo

Hehe. Now that's going a bit far in this case. She's computer-savvy enough to do a quick search if bored one day but she's not gonna go as far as you would.

I think the hidden files trick is gonna do the trick but I appreciate the concern!

TaLoN

which operating system are you running? if it is win2k or newer you should make a new user account and restrict its access so that it cannot open the porn folder

Mondak

PGP is a great program - but you are not up against the Kremlin here. It is a relative. Just a password protected Winzip of the folders should do the trick.

On the other hand, you could just leave it and let the world know you like the way that women look naked. Then you don't have to hide anything anymore.

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dimbulb

WinZip with a password should work just fine.

If your wife knows, then it shouldnt matter too much... would it?

SiN

mhm, that's the first thing that came to my mind as well.

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Lebell

Ditto.

The rest is just overkill.

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Stilts

I think you're missing the most obvious answer of all. Watch it with her.

Uuudar

easiest and best option in my opinion

Leviathan[NCV]

Put it in a RAR or ZIP file, and add a password. Change the extension to .tmp . Done.




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Argento

In regards to the "how can I rename many files at once?" question.

Go to a DOS prompt. Get to the folder. If you do not know how to do that, use the "CD" command. For example, to get to C:\temp:

CD c:\temp

Then just type

ren *.mpg *.tmp

Reverse when she leaves.

Of course, if she's REALLY computer savvy, she'll know that large files are probably porn video. So you'll have to do better than that. I would zip them all up, use a password, and then rename the file to "work.db". She'll go nuts trying to open it with Access.

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Magpie0001

My GF's brother did that but you can still open the zipped file & view the filenames. So I can see a file called "16yearoldfuckingahorse.jpg" but you cant open it. So if he did that hed be busted, wouldnt he??

popo

Thanks for all the concern people. I definitely see that this is the place to get good answers if needed, but all I did was hide the folder and it's fine. In this case, the rest is just overkill but noted for future use if needed.

As far as my wife knowing... not really. I mean I'm sure she knows that porn is oogled but doubt she realizes the volume of it.

Do your wives really know how much porn you guys have?

butthead

I don't understand why it is so shameful.

Perhaps you might give her a heads up?

The best idea I see is the access restricting option.

Stilts

Ya, she knows. I have around 30 gigs of movies. I can't really watch all of it very much, but I just keep collecting.

Dr. Smooth

damn you guys are hardcore....just hide the shit

limited

Pick up a new hard drive really cheap, and copy all the files to that HD and just remove it (or unplug) when your sister comes. Now u have safe porno storage and space for alot more

platypus

Simple. Keep the power cord with <b>you</b>.


Now if it was me, I'd just let her find it. Could be worth a laugh.

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theburner

Platypus.. Nice.. Walk in when the sis-in-law is rubbin one out! Sounds like a porn plot!

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Cynthetiq

of course....

that zip file thing is good.. just make one zip file.. then another inside that one.. pw protect it all...

that is of course if you don't use Win2k and just use another account.

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guthmund

It's just porn. If you slap it into a file all by itself and stash it somewhere on the drive only you know about, it should suffice.

Even if by some chance she is looking for it and finds it, and chances are she isn't, then you know she didn't 'stumble' across it and you can both be embarassed.

Chances are your wife has told her more embarassing things about you anyway. So what's the big whoop?

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Reese

Uninstall all your media players or make it so no program reads image or mpegs. Anyways it doesnt matter, she already knows EverythinG about you. If your wife knows about the porn then she does too.

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yournamehere

I always just zip it up into a file and change the extension to .chk
That way, if a 'computer-savvy" person finds it, they'll just think it was a memory dump from a system crash. Worst case scenario is that they'll think they're doing you a favor by deleting it. But you already listed that as a viable option, right?

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Lasereth

That "hidden" folder thing won't work at all. If you're using Windows XP, when doing a search, you can choose "search hidden files and folders." This will yield results including the files in your hidden folder. The only way to protect it from her is to set up some kind of folder password like mentioned above, or change the file extensions temporarily. The WinZip thing sounds like a good idea, but I've never tried it.

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jujueye

well, if you dont know how to create a limited user account, just create 10 or 20 zip files and get everything in there, password protected. name them something like "windows backup files" or "programming class junk."

reverendjay

Well, the easiest way to ensure that the steps you take are effective will be similar to what Platypus suggested. Let your wife know a couple of days ahead of time that your computer is 'having problems'. Before you leave every day go to the back of your computer and switch the Power Supply from 110 to 220. It won't damage anything in the computer, but it won't boot at all. When you get home you get to be the hero by 'fiddling with it' till it works again.

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Slims

Change the name of your porn folder to: *wifes name*'s stuff. Poof, no more problem, even if she finds it.

If you don't want to do that just encrypt the folder and put a password on it. Then erase your internet cache and clear your history. Plus get rid of the recent files list on whatever media viewer you use.

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popo

Now this is a thinking man!

Thanks, I really liked the last few suggestions, especially changing the folder name to my wife's. That would certainly be amusing.

rockwaldo

if you use XP, just create a guest profile with everything locked down....everyone is a winner!

GoldenOuroboros

That's fine if you live in a 110 environment, anyone elses comp will make a nice big bang I speak from my brother experience.. lol

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