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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

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1037 points 8bitben | 1 comments | 09 Sep 16 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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new299 ◴[09 Sep 16 16:49 UTC] 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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randcraw ◴[09 Sep 16 23:22 UTC] No.12466734[source]▶
The combo of Rice and now this revelation that Dropbox gains user-level access to your files (and network resources) really makes me wonder if Dropbox isn't really a NSA plant.

What better way to gain access to users' files than through a startup's free app that demands your password?

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1. Myrmornis ◴[10 Sep 16 05:16 UTC] No.12467809[source]▶
Although you might think that the NSA wouldn't want the blood-stained hands of a Bush era crook drawing attention to the company.