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Not to be cynic, but what prevents those guys from putting a backdoor as well? Yeah, sure, Swiss guys are good. Are they? In the end, IMHO, the only software w

Not to be cynic, but what prevents those guys from putting a backdoor as well? Yeah, sure, Swiss guys are good. Are they? In the end, IMHO, the only software which can be trusted is the FOSS. From this perspective Dropbox is good: the client is open source. Of course nothing is encrypted in there.

mcread 13y ago
Indeed it depends on their willingness to make a backdoor, US companies don't have that luxury anymore ...
archivator 13y ago
From this perspective, tarsnap is even better - http://www.tarsnap.com/bugbounty.html http://www.tarsnap.com/bugbounty.html
illumen 13y ago
Indeed. But at least there is no proof so far that they are doing it. However, France also monitors internet/com equipment, so it is indeed possible they will be required to put in a backdoor. Still, FOSS solutions are indeed better from a security perspective.
davidjgraph 13y ago
A back-door in where, exactly?
- venomsnake 13y ago
  The closed source binary blob?
  - deleted 13y ago
    [deleted]
  - simgidacav 13y ago
    Exactly, this is the point. If privacy is important for you, closed source software is not trustworthy, unless it's placed downline of encryption.
  - lazyjones 13y ago
    ... or even in the Java runtime?
    - venomsnake 13y ago
      Oracle is supplying enough zero day exploits to have no need for backdoor.
lucian1900 13y ago
Dropbox's client is not open source by any stretch of the imagination.
- simgidacav 13y ago
  https://www.dropbox.com/help/247/en https://www.dropbox.com/help/247/en On the first I was like "ops, said bullshit"... but actually it seems like it's GPL.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
  - lucian1900 13y ago
    That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.

mcread 13y ago

Indeed it depends on their willingness to make a backdoor, US companies don't have that luxury anymore ...

archivator 13y ago

From this perspective, tarsnap is even better - http://www.tarsnap.com/bugbounty.html http://www.tarsnap.com/bugbounty.html

illumen 13y ago

Indeed. But at least there is no proof so far that they are doing it. However, France also monitors internet/com equipment, so it is indeed possible they will be required to put in a backdoor. Still, FOSS solutions are indeed better from a security perspective.

davidjgraph 13y ago

A back-door in where, exactly?

venomsnake 13y ago
The closed source binary blob?
- deleted 13y ago
  [deleted]
- simgidacav 13y ago
  Exactly, this is the point. If privacy is important for you, closed source software is not trustworthy, unless it's placed downline of encryption.
- lazyjones 13y ago
  ... or even in the Java runtime?
  - venomsnake 13y ago
    Oracle is supplying enough zero day exploits to have no need for backdoor.

lucian1900 13y ago

Dropbox's client is not open source by any stretch of the imagination.

simgidacav 13y ago
https://www.dropbox.com/help/247/en https://www.dropbox.com/help/247/en On the first I was like "ops, said bullshit"... but actually it seems like it's GPL.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.
- lucian1900 13y ago
  That is only nautilus-dropbox (file manager integration) and the installer. Dropbox itself is distributed as a binary blob.