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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

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owlieowl ◴[] No.12466129[source]
I just removed Dropbox. Web client from here on.
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1. rocky1138 ◴[] No.12467300[source]
If you need real-time file syncing, you could run a lightweight Linux install in VirtualBox and install Dropbox there. Dropbox on Linux runs in userspace (not as root) and so it's much more secure. Share the file between VirtualBox/Linux and your Mac, and you're done.