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Why does Dropbox ask for your computer password
Hi, I just came across this blog post detailing some, shall we say, unorthodox ways Dropbox is circumventing OS X security features and tricking users into sharing their admin password:
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Andrew, and I'll ever understand why some people don't lose their minds when companies do things without telling consumers about it. This is a breach of trust, if you don't think so, well, ok. I do, and a lot of people agree with me.
If they were transparent about why they ask for elevated access to the system from the start, then no problem. It's the fact that this "hack" acts like a [removed by moderator] virus that's the problem. If I, the admin, remove it, it should never add itself again without my permission. And no, I don't mean like it does now by popping up the the dialog every time the system is rebooted. It shouldn't ask anymore.
From what's been said, this is to let Dropbox do stuff with Office. Why not ask the user if they want to use these features instead of forcing the feature on the user, especially when it requires that it does something as dubious as this?
Like stated above by others, this is not a good look for a company that proclaims privacy and security as their top mantras for all their users. Dropbox should be scrambling to rebuild trust and fix this, and not go "Well, it's not that bad" which is the feeling I have right now.
