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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

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new299 ◴[] No.12463925[source]
Dropbox circumventing security restrictions (albeit for legit reasons) is particularly worrying because they have board members who support warrentless surveillance.

In my mind Dropbox became a company not worth supporting when Rice joined Dropbox's board (http://www.drop-dropbox.com/). Personally, with a board member who advocates warrentless surveillance it seems unlikely that we share similar views on the security of my data, and I wont be using their service.

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1. entilzha ◴[] No.12464243[source]
After Rice joined I actually completely stopped using Dropbox, transferred files, and deleted my account.
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2. leggomylibro ◴[] No.12465679[source]
Ditto; now I use SpiderOak which has a solid no-knowledge replacement, but I hear Box is also good.
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3. hobarrera ◴[] No.12466681[source]
Is the SpiderOak client open source/auditable?
4. norkakn ◴[] No.12467087[source]
Box EKM is an insecure piece of shit