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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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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.

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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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