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mccarras
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3 years ago

Photos from shared (work) folder showing up on iPhone Dropbox Photos

Hi all,   I went to sync my personal iPhone photos to Dropbox Camera Uploads this morning and was shocked and worried to see that photos from one of the shared folders I belong to are showing up on...
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Rich
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3 years ago
mccarras wrote:

... was shocked and worried to see that photos from one of the shared folders I belong to are showing up on my iPhone in the Dropbox app!

This is intended. The Photos tab in the app and the Photos page on the Dropbox website displays all of the images in your account, including images from any shared folders in your account. This does not allow other members of those folders to see your images.

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    mccarras
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    This has never happened before, though. I've never seen images from shared folders; that's what worries me.

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
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      3 years ago
      mccarras wrote:

      This has never happened before, though. I've never seen images from shared folders; that's what worries me.

      Thats probably more from luck, or a bug, sadly. As Rich said it is intended action and one of the reasons I've started using Dropbox less and less - because I need to keep my work (school) life apart from person. 

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        mccarras
        Explorer | Level 4
        3 years ago

        Thanks. Our university wants us using OneDrive, so I guess I'll look into that.

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