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Linux's Modern NTFS Driver Now Supports Alternate Data Streams (ADS) (www.phoronix.com)
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Not sure how often ads gets used in windows honestly. Not sure I've come across it in practice as it doesn't seem practical for most applications.

But if you're stuck with NTFS, might be useful

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This.. sucks. ADS needlessly complicates things and ruins the file structure. If it has a legitimate purpose, I've not heard of it. I played around with it in my early programming days and thought it was neat, but really just a parlor trick. Viruses sure use it though.

I hope ADS will always be opt-in by requiring that mounting flag..

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