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" 1 - Create a large-ish file (1MB) outside of the Dropbox folder 2 - Monitor the network usage of the Dropbox application to see if it sends enough data that
by whizzkid 12y ago
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1 - Create a large-ish file (1MB) outside of the Dropbox folder
2 - Monitor the network usage of the Dropbox application to see if it sends enough data that it could be that file
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I can not really say if Dropbox steals them or not. But if i were a Dropbox engineer and want to know about those newly created files, i wouldn't want to send the whole file to server at all.
- Send file name with its extension
- Send file size
Compare these to dropbox's blacklist file (imagination only) in another server. If there are any matches, mark user as "whateveryouwant"
As long as there is a network activity when a new file created, it is and will always be suspicious to its users.
- ProAm 12y agoAnd they don't have to steal the whole file at once, why not chunk it out and do bits at a time over a few days. This is tinfoil hat territory, but they'd still get the file and network traffic wouldnt be overly suspicious.
- jamiesonbecker 12y agoYou don't need to retrieve the file if you already have it.