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Mades
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago
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Encryption at the user end?

Hi, I am just new in this forum, I found it for the first time today, the right time. I have been using Dropbox since its beginning. However in this morning my internet dropped for more than 12 hou...
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    Jay
    8 years ago
    As the others have said above, your files on the Dropbox servers are encrypted.
     
    However the files on your local machine are not, like with any other folder on your computer, so a third party encryption software would be needed if you don’t want anyone to access or view your files there.
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Jay
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8 years ago
As the others have said above, your files on the Dropbox servers are encrypted.
 
However the files on your local machine are not, like with any other folder on your computer, so a third party encryption software would be needed if you don’t want anyone to access or view your files there.
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Mades
Explorer | Level 3
8 years ago

Perfectly said AgentJay, it couldn't have said better,

Take care and many thanks, 

Michel

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