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One thing I'm a bit uncomfortable with on the Dropbox referal system is that once you refer someone you get their email address (https://www.dropbox.com/account
by TomGullen 15y ago
One thing I'm a bit uncomfortable with on the Dropbox referal system is that once you refer someone you get their email address (https://www.dropbox.com/account/referrals https://www.dropbox.com/account/referrals). I'm not sure if that's really right as all our referrals come from clicks on a link on one of our tutorials and they will not be aware I now have their email address. It's a pretty good phishing opportunity (eg, thanks for installing DropBox yesterday at 1.30pm, please login here for extra free space!).
I emailed DropBox about this a month or so ago but didn't get a reply.
DropBox should be especially sensitive to opportunities for phishers in my opinion!
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI found that very weird too. I've used Dropbox referral links a couple of times in blog posts. When somebody clicks them and proceeds to sign up, Dropbox tells me their email address. That's clearly not ok. They shouldn't need to be told this. It should be obvious.
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