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Microsoft's Private Folders Taken Down
Chris Crum
Staff Writer
2006-07-17
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Well, it appears that Microsoft's Private Folders software didn't quite work out as planned. The company has now made it unavailable.
Private Folders 1.0, which was designed to keep files private from other users of the same computer, was criticized right from the get-go.
As soon as its release was announced, IT administrators everywhere voiced their concerns. CIO.com reports:
In various blogs, corporate administrators worried that the software, which was available to any Windows user running Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program, would wreak havoc for network administrators. Windows Genuine Advantage is Microsoft's Web-based program that verifies whether a PC is running a legitimate copy of Windows.
"This will be a real support problem," a poster named "George" wrote on MSBlog, a Microsoft-related blog. "Imagine someone maliciously places important files in the folder and deletes the originals."
Another concern, as CIO mentions, was that users would keep inappropriate files at work, hidden from the administrators. Perhaps concern has been alleviated a little, but there are still other programs out there that do basically the same thing.
Tags: Microsoft, Private Folders
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Chris Crum is a staff writer for SecurityProNews and WebProNews.
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