<story><title>macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass</title><url>https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x64.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>setr</author><text>Windows gives you a big warning when you change the extension, which seems to me both sufficient and better than hiding the extension altogether (which, like URL hiding, is a fairly dangerous and largely unnecessary convenience)</text></item><item><author>Closi</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s also unchecked in Windows by default - I suspect that in reality the concept of extensions probably confuses some users, who end up changing the extension and then struggle to work out how to open their saved files.&lt;p&gt;( I always prefer to see the extensions too though :) )</text></item><item><author>pehtis</author><text>I will never understand why &amp;quot;Show all filename extensions&amp;quot; is unchecked by default in Finder.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>djxfade</author><text>It works exactly the same way in macOS Finder as in Windows Explorer. Extensions are hidden by default. You can enable to show extensions (either by individual file, or globally). If a file has it&amp;#x27;s extension shown, you will get a confirmation prompt warning you of the consequences by changing the file extension.</text></comment>
<story><title>macOS gatekeeper and file quarantine bypass</title><url>https://objective-see.com/blog/blog_0x64.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>setr</author><text>Windows gives you a big warning when you change the extension, which seems to me both sufficient and better than hiding the extension altogether (which, like URL hiding, is a fairly dangerous and largely unnecessary convenience)</text></item><item><author>Closi</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s also unchecked in Windows by default - I suspect that in reality the concept of extensions probably confuses some users, who end up changing the extension and then struggle to work out how to open their saved files.&lt;p&gt;( I always prefer to see the extensions too though :) )</text></item><item><author>pehtis</author><text>I will never understand why &amp;quot;Show all filename extensions&amp;quot; is unchecked by default in Finder.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>judge2020</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve learned to never underestimate users&amp;#x27; ability to shoot themselves in the foot. People will click through any popup dialogue which might suggest that their decision to perform an action was wrong.</text></comment>