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  • This behavior is expected.

    On a multi-user system, this is not a problem, because other users (except root) are not allowed to list directories within your home directory.

    For processes that run on your system, this is the same: Usually, only your own processes are allowed to list your files. Then, they can also read your browsing history and all kind of personal files. So, you should not run processes that you don’t trust in respecting your privacy.

    And for all site visits that you don’t want to leave traces on your hard drive, you use the private browsing mode. (Keep in mind, that you still leave traces for persons that can read the traffic - even if the traffic is encrypted.)





  • It’s something called ADS (Alternate Data Stream) which you can see as some kind of second hidden file content. Browsers create an ADS with name Zone.Identifier when downloading a file and attach it to the downloaded file. The content of the ADS is the information where the file was downloaded from, i.e. the Zone (3 for Internet) and usually the URL.

    Programs and Windows usually use the existence of the Zone.Identifier to show you a warning that a file was downloaded and may pose a risk to your system when opening/exexuting it.