Comment by kccqzy
3 months ago
When you create a ZIP, the extended attributes are saved to separate files. When you copy them to a FAT filesystem they are also saved to separate files.
3 months ago
When you create a ZIP, the extended attributes are saved to separate files. When you copy them to a FAT filesystem they are also saved to separate files.
Interesting, but now this information is no longer attached to the original file and you need to manually include it, when distributing the file. Also it is now kind of obvious, that there is not only the file itself in the ZIP file.
It’s not obvious if you are only using macOS, because macOS hides all of these extra files it creates. It’s only obvious if you use Windows or Linux. But of courses the chances of a typical macOS user also using Windows or Linux is very low.
Do packager programs on macOS lie about the packet contents? Otherwise the user will see it when opening the packet. The user needs to be aware of metadata when leaking stuff, e.g. EXIF data for images, non-deleted text in Word, overdrawn stuff in SVG, etc. anyways.
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