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Block-level sync for VeraCrypt not working post 83.4.152 update
Greetings all,
After DB auto-updated to 83.4.152, I noticed that the block-level syncing doesn't seem to be detecting changes anymore for my VeraCrypt container.
Before the update, everytime I di...
Hi all, we've brought this to our team and wanted to follow up.
While we've presented a workaround: either by turning off the "preserve file modification timestamps" setting in the application or naming the file with a ".tc" or ".hc" extension, we want to be transparent about our current priorities and unfortunately, this means that we won't be able to delve deeply into this in the near future.
We're still tracking these reports, and will make sure to inform you right away of any changes.
Thanks for understanding .
This is not a problem with third party programs. This is a Dropbox programming failure. It’s simply a case of Dropbox no longer correctly identifying changed blocks in TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt volumes when they are dismounted. So, they are not syncing the changed blocks. Now a programmer must have programmed that in at some point in the past – but the new "improved" Dropbox client does not have that capability programmed in. In other words, the new programmers are playing catchup to figure out what was already working in the older versions of Dropbox. They need to look carefully at how the old Dropbox client identified the changed blocks on *.tc and *.hc files when TrueCrypt or VersaCrypt dismounted the encrypted volume file. It appears to detect the dismount, but is not actually syncing the changed blocks.
Dropbox is not interested in finding the cause of this or getting a solution.
This is what I got for my request to pause/halt autoupdates temporarily for my account (they used to do this, so I know they can do it):
"Regarding the update, I understand this can be frustrating to you, however, we are unable to disable the auto-update for the Dropbox Desktop Application, please keep checking back with us to see if there is any change regarding the behavior of this specific file. "
I am out now.
