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Dropbox deduplicate content ... so a file that several people have uploaded is only actually stored once. They also allow you to access your files over a web i
by philjohn 11y ago
Dropbox deduplicate content ... so a file that several people have uploaded is only actually stored once.
They also allow you to access your files over a web interface, and no decryption happens "in browser". So yes, DropBox most certainly have the decryption keys. Your data is protected at rest, and on the wire using TLS, but it's not end-to-end encryption.
- astrodust 11y agoDo you have any reference to their de-duplication system?
- michaelmior 11y agoThere is a blog post[0] which references deduplication. But apparently this may have been disabled[1]. [0] https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2011/07/changes-to-our-policies/ https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2011/07/changes-to-our-pol... [1] http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/54633/does-dropbox-no-longer-de-duplicate-files-across-users http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/54633/does-dropbo...