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The lack of consent requested is ridiculous. There may be some sort of 'obscure paragraph in the terms and conditions that says Dropbox can do whatever they wan
by bmarquez 8y ago
The lack of consent requested is ridiculous. There may be some sort of 'obscure paragraph in the terms and conditions that says Dropbox can do whatever they want' but this is horrible for privacy and business security. I'm glad I've been client-side encrypting my Dropbox files.
For the past two years I've using a free open-source encryption app called Cryptomator (https://cryptomator.org/ https://cryptomator.org/) for my Dropbox folder without problems. The only caveat is the mobile apps aren't free.
Another Dropbox encryption app is BoxCryptor, but I quit using them when they went subscription-only.
- ycombinete 8y agoI've just looked on Boxcryptor, and they appear to have a free tier. Are you sure it's subscription only?
- bmarquez 8y agoBoxcryptor used to be a one-time purchase to allow an unlimited number of cloud providers and devices. However they decided they needed a consistent revenue stream so they renamed their software "Boxcryptor Classic", stopped updating it, and now users have to pay $48/year to get features previously available as a one-time fee. This was about 2 years ago, by now they've probably scrubbed all references to the "Classic" version on their website. To be fair the subscription version does have new group/admin features for multiple users or businesses.
- ycombinete 8y agoAh, okay I see. Thanks man.