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brave quarry May 28, 2023, 5:54 PM

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can anyone tell me please help me and tell me who/what/where is this? thanks y'all. much love.

green path May 28, 2023, 9:19 PM

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brave quarry can anyone tell me please help me and tell me who/what/where is this? thanks y'a...

It's an identifier for databases. A UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) is a 128-bit value that uniquely identifies something - in this case, a database or store of information.

brave quarry May 28, 2023, 9:22 PM

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@green path it was with hidden files. Could this be the path of a hack on my device? there's reasons for me to think so. Can I find out what the database is for. and who's accessing it?

green path May 28, 2023, 9:23 PM

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brave quarry <@281875775526010880> it was with hidden files. Could this be the path of a hack...

...no. It's an identifier, and only an identifier. Leave it alone.

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If it helps, I'm a certified mobile forensic examiner. Just trust me on this. This is a normal file present in Android and Apple devices.

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It's hidden because they don't want Joe Shmo deleting it and messing up their devices.

brave quarry May 28, 2023, 9:25 PM

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it was hidden with thumbnails and this other file

green path May 28, 2023, 9:25 PM

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As I said, this is normal. Thumbnails are stored as a collection, so they include a .DATABASE_UUID file.

brave quarry May 28, 2023, 9:25 PM

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but why the FU?

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thank you by the way

green path May 28, 2023, 9:26 PM

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It appears to be a blank file. I wouldn't worry about it - you can probably just delete it.

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But in the future, please keep in mind these support channels are for support with OpenAI's API, not general support.

brave quarry May 28, 2023, 9:28 PM

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yes I noticed it after I became a user on here. not saying it came from here, I also got a new file manager that sees things my stock files app couldn't.

green path May 28, 2023, 9:28 PM

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I would be very careful with that. There's lots of files that are hidden and necessary for your device to function properly.

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Don't delete things unless you know EXACTLY what they do.

brave quarry May 28, 2023, 9:28 PM

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what does emulated mean?

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ok

green path May 28, 2023, 9:30 PM

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The short answer is that it is a directory that allows your device to easily find things like downloads and photos, whereas the real data files are located elsewhere in the device, in places you shouldn't access.

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It is a virtual filesystem.

brave quarry May 28, 2023, 9:37 PM

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ok I would love to talk more because I just found parental control files and I never put it on here.

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maybe we can talk off here

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thank for your help

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