You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Dropbox Vault
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Allow access to Dropbox Vault with Face Unlock / Face ID / Fingerprint Unlock / Biometric Unlock
I love the new Dropbox Vault feature, but one improvement that I think would be useful would be that when using Dropbox on your phone, allow an option to allow access to Dropbox Vault viaFace Unlock / Face ID / Fingerprint Unlock / Biometric Unlock on Android phones and and iPhones.3.6KViews11likes4Comments
Setting to change how long the Vault stays unlocked.
It would be great to have a setting that determines how long the vault on mobile devices and the website stays unlocked. I read that the vault on mobile stays unlocked for only 3 minutes. That's entirely too short and so inconvenient. The vault also seems to lock immediately if you switch applications for a few moments and then go back to it. Again, there should be a setting giving preset options for how long you want the vault to stay open like (Default=3 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 3 hours, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours). Another option is displaying a prompt with the same options when you open the vault so the user can select it at that time. Perhaps these options only become available on mobile if the users device or app meets other criteria, like having a passcode/pin/biometric unlock set on the device and or having one of those options set in the app.2.3KViews3likes5Comments
Keep vault files stored on the device when using Vault
I recently started using Vault for my more sensitive files. However, I was disappointed to see that whenever the Vault is locked, they are removed from the device and have to be re-downloaded whenever I want to access them. I like the idea of the Vault, but if there isn't a way to keep the files on my computer locally, will likely stop using the Vault feature. This is mainly because I want to still have access to these files in the event the internet is down. Plus I like the redundancy of having copies of my files both in the cloud and locally.1.9KViews3likes4Comments
