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Are the cloud providers (dropbox in this case) even allowed to look at the contents of your files? I guess this would be up to the TOS for each site but the fe

by Too 14y ago

Are the cloud providers (dropbox in this case) even allowed to look at the contents of your files? I guess this would be up to the TOS for each site but the few sites i've actually read at least pretend that they value your privacy. Also remember the shitstorm after 37signals announced that the millionth file ever uploaded to basecamp was an image of a cat? The official story after all complaints was that they never opened the file but they still "knew" because the filename in the logs showed up as cat.jpg.

Terretta 14y ago
> Are the cloud providers (dropbox in this case) even allowed to look at the contents of your files? DMCA safe harbor means the hosting provider should not have editorial control. If you have editorial control, you're open to liability for not exercising that control. Better to go the legally proven route of getting a credit card and an adult signature, to keep all the liability on the user.