Although it's not air tight the reason the name isn't given is that then users could bypass the download script with a little effort on their part. Clicking on the link to the attachment enables the download script to check the access of the user before transfering the file.
More could be done to really make this a lot more secure at some point. I'm looking forward to that time.
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