Most of what you keep on your commlink are files, this includes music, your SIN (fake or otherwise), licenses (also fake or otherwise), maps, email messages, your contact book, AROs, and so on. These files are visible to people who can see your commlink in the Matrix, so most people keep all of their files in a protected folder.
So, what is this "protected folder"? Would I have it automatically when I buy the commlink? Or should I <Edit File> for each of them in order to have the protection?
What is the "visible" means? Let's say I have a unprotected un-silent mapsoft, would others just see the icon? Or would them have access to my mapsoft?
What happen if I somehow protect(Edit File or "protected folder") my un-silent mapsoft, would others still automatically spot/have acess to it? Or it would be classified as protected files? (so, not knowing its icon and/or not having acess to it)
Now, I successfully protect my mapsoft and it's running slients as other hundreds of mapsoft. It that any benefits to hack my commlink first instead of trial and error, go through all of them without hacking my commlinks?
I found the details in shadowrun could be quite a struggle, if you pay attention to it.