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17 TopicsZero Knowledge Encryption
I find that many Cloud services offer encryption during transfer to the service and encryption at the destination. Dropbox does this too. Unfortunately, the keys used at the destination are available to Dropbox. What would make Dropbox unique is if it would offer Zero Knowledge encryption at the client. That way all files are encrypted at the client with the customer retaining the keys. Why is this important? There can be bugs during transfer even if encryption is used (remember the famous OOPS with caches on internet servers offering up unencrypted data?). Also, the government can force Dropbox to deliver user data (or it may be compromised by hackers). Dropbox with Zero Knowledge Encryption would be a market leading solution that would drive a great preference over OneDrive, Google Drive and others. It would be the only way I would be comfortable putting my files on the cloud.Solved2.9MViews186likes30CommentsPassword files and folders protection and sharing payable add on for Family plan
Quick and Simple business win for happier customers: -create a billable add on feature to the family plan to be able to password protect files, folders, and sharing them like with pro accounts. Other pros accounts does not meet familly personal use (up to 6 users, Vault, shared space) but still need password protection in occasions and I am sure tons of people would be willing to pay for this extra feature. Win-Win. Busniess answering people needs. Thank you316Views0likes3CommentsHow to fix permissions on a file in order to have it sync on Mac OS?
I'm currently seeing this If I click on Fix, it shows me this Then when I go to folder, it's unclear how to fix, going to Share as suggested I just get this I think I may have clicked "no" by mistake when the system asked to share originally, how do I fix this sharing decision?Solved502Views0likes3CommentsHow do I add end to end encryption on my files?
Hello! I am completely new to Dropbox. After downloading thousands of photos, I discovered that Dropbox doesn't have end to end encryption which is disappointing. I have been told to add my own encryption. Would someone know how I do that please? It doesn't help that technology is not my strong point. Thank you in advance.4.2KViews0likes10CommentsShared folder viewed in users personal folder, not in the root folder
I'm admin of our Dropbox account. I have a folder in the root called Accounting When I invite a new user access to this folder and they navigate to it on the their desktop it is in their personal folder instead of the Root of Dropbox Dropbox/JohnDoe/Accounting. That doesn't make sense because it is in Dropbox/Accounting. How can I show this in the root of the Dropbox folder in Explorer?624Views0likes4CommentsSync errors from non-dropbox sync location, potential intellectual property issue?
After the update that prevents syncing files and folders with special characters, I am now seeing 100 sync errors. All of them are located in my C:\Users\{my user}\AppData\ directory. These all come from the AppData directory for the GitHub desktop application. I am unfamiliar with the degree this may have potential to infringe on intellectual property rights for private code repositories. But I am concerned by the Dropbox client behavior. If it is accessing AppData without my knowledge, is it also accessing the GitHub root directory in My Documents that contains proprietary code? My Dropbox sync folder is located on another physical drive. I do not sync any files or directories on the C drive and have turned off as many features as I am allowed to through the Dropbox client application. Even if this were related to indexing for photo and video sync, shouldn't the app be accessing those specific directories and paths? The errors I'm seeing are in a directory for a completely unrelated application. I also don't understand why the Dropbox client would want or need to access that location, given it is used in Windows for user specific data for apps and programs. The Dropbox specific path I can understand, but why directories for other installed applications? Can anyone explain why the application is behaving like this, and is there a resource for the minimum set of permissions required for file sync? If I were to create a Windows user with no permissions to anything, and apply that to directories and services, what locations and minimum permissions are required for the Dropbox client to run correctly?Solved1.5KViews0likes2Commentsre-linking a device
I had to install a new Windows OS, and was afraid that doing so might delete all my files and then sync those deletions--so I unlinked this PC from Dropbox. Actually, nothing was deleted on my PC. But now, I can't figure out how to get this PC linked again so it will sync. I have searched the FAQs, but can find NOTHING on how to re-link. Please HELP!! Thank you.834Views0likes3CommentsAll of my Dropbox Personal Files Now within a Team Folder
Hello, This evening I accepted an invite to what I thought was a shared folder from a colleague. Worryingly, my Personal files now exist within this team folder. I'm worried that others may be able to see my personal files (I have a dropbox Personal account) and furthermore I can't exit the team. I just want my personal files back as they were, rather than in a sub folder of a team organisation, and I'm now concerned that when i'm removed from this Team all of my personal files will disappear. Thanks in advance. ElliotSolved1.4KViews1like6CommentsHow do I require a password before a user in macOS can change the Selective Sync folders?
Long story short, I need my primary Dropbox account on my two computers and my iPad. I sync the same folders on each device. For security purposes, should my computer be logged into when I'm not around, I need to require a password before allowing selective sync folders to be edited. Otherwise, somebody can just walk up to my computer if I step away, select all folders to be synced, and have immediate access to files they shouldn't have. My computer is locked, secured, encrypted and password protected already. However there are times where just by the nature of being in an office with others where you will step away for a minute or to and for whatever reason the computer isn't locked. For that worst case scenario, I need to be able to require users enter a password before changing selective sync folders. The password could be the Dropbox account password, or could be a password required by macOS Ventura, as this computer is running mac OS Ventura. Perhaps there is a way to have Ventura require a password before changing the settings/preferences of an already running application? If I cannot solve this problem and lock selective sync by device (not by user account) then our entire company has to leave Dropbox. I'd prefer not to do that, but if Dropbox doesn't offer this security feature, or I can't get macOS to simulate it, our entire organization has to move to a competitor that has this feature. Any ideas?!643Views0likes2Comments