The file is primarily associated with a long-standing feature request in the repository for GIMP:
: It serves as an example file to test and demonstrate support for clipping path metadata in JPEG images. Masked.7z
: There have been security discussions regarding the 7-Zip terminal , where typed passwords were historically not "masked" (hidden with asterisks), leading to potential privacy risks. The file is primarily associated with a long-standing
: A project called 7zz-extended was released in 2024 to improve how file masks (wildcards like *.txt ) are handled during extraction. Masked.7z