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Dropbox: DMCA Takedown in Personal Folders
- joefarish 13y agoDo you have any more details on this? When did this happen?
- chmars 13y agoSee https://twitter.com/darrellwhitelaw/status/450096476060794880 https://twitter.com/darrellwhitelaw/status/45009647606079488... (from @nickjackson above). It happened to me as well but I didn't manage to create a screenshot back then. Dropbox should be blamed, however, as an American company, there's no way around the DMCA I guess.
- nickjackson 13y agoLink to the original tweet. He goes on to explain that the folder is private, but had a shared link. Bit strange? https://twitter.com/darrellwhitelaw/status/450096476060794880 https://twitter.com/darrellwhitelaw/status/45009647606079488...
- chmars 13y agoThanks! I had the same issue some weeks ago but did not manage to create a screenshot back then … You can provide links to private files, I do it all the time. On the other hand, I do not rely on Dropbox, I use it for temporary storage and as a glorified temp folder only.
- simonblack 13y agoI dropped Dropbox completely two years ago because I considered them to be insecure and unsafe. (Like all the rest of cloud storage.) I have since set up my own personal cloud. It's more secure and nobody else has any control over it.
- chmars 13y agoAre you sure that your own setup is more secure? Dropbox might be the wrong comparison but there are without any doubt cloud storage services with reasonable security … the necessary firewall configuration alone – you need a DMZ if you want to host your own server at home – can be quite challenging if you have no experience in the field.