Why does typing in "file:///Users/ (admin name)/Desktop" reveal contents of a personal nature from my computer? Can't anyone from any other computer get this info. from my computer by doing the same thing?
I'm concerned that if someone else on a different computer typed in this info. (only requiring my computer's user name) that he would have access to contents on my desktop. I am running Mac OSX 10.6.5.
I'm concerned that if someone else on a different computer typed in this info. (only requiring my computer's user name) that he would have access to contents on my desktop. I am running Mac OSX 10.6.5.
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If someone on another computer would type that address in the location bar that they would open a local page on their computer, but probably get an alert that the page doesn't exist because their user name is different. You can only access pages on another computer if a server running on that computer makes them available and then you need to use the http:// protocol. Using the file:// protocol will always be limited to the computer on which you issue the command.