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good_boy
8 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Encrypt file so no 3rd party app can see it
The Dropbox SDK allows apps have only two types of access types, Specific folder or full dropbox.
This is an issue. If I choose specific folder, and the user uploads sensitive docs, any 3rd par...
Greg-DB
Dropbox Community Moderator
8 years agoThanks for the feedback! Dropbox doesn't offer a way to prevent third party apps with full access from accessing certain content like this, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. (The "app folder" permission is meant to work in the other direction, in that it prevents an app with the app folder permission from accessing the rest of the account.)
I don't have a way to prevent this on the Dropbox side, but you can apply whatever encryption you want in your app itself, before uploading the data, and then decrypt it after downloading it.
I don't have a way to prevent this on the Dropbox side, but you can apply whatever encryption you want in your app itself, before uploading the data, and then decrypt it after downloading it.
- good_boy8 years agoExplorer | Level 4Hey
Can you please supply a snippet for uploading docs with encryption. JS example would be good.
Your example would be a better research into this than blindly hoping to stumble on the right one. Dont want to play with users files and pray to god at the same time.- Greg-DB8 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
I don't have a sample of applying encryption client-side unfortunately.
Exactly how you apply client-side encryption would be unrelated to the Dropbox API itself , so you may want to refer to general encryption utilities/documentation, or consult with a security professional.
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