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rjwb
Helpful | Level 7
7 years ago

Dropbox files no longer inherit folder permissions

Within my Dropbox folder, I have sub-folders with different Windows ACL permissions. Up until recently, whenever Dropbox synced a file it inherited its folder permissions perfectly. Now it no longe...
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pwc
Helpful | Level 6
6 years ago

Brian1thanks for the link! That's very useful information, and comes from a very trusted source (Gibson has been around for a long time). One consideration I had not really thought about is end-to-end encryption... while I do have confidence in Dropbox, it's no more than I would have for any other cloud-based service... in general, their fragility to hacking has been demonstrated many times. While data may be encrypted on their service, and they use secure tunnels to transport data, all of my information is just a cracked password away.

Just another aspect to consider when looking at Dropbox alternatives.

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