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When I share a link to a folder, the user can create a folder and upload photos to it?
As per title. I had thought sharing a link to folder only permited view and download only. But several times when I have shared a link, the other person has been able to create a subfolder within that folder and upload photos to it. Does this mean they can also view files/folders outside of the folder I shared the link to?
2 Replies
- maher1982
Super User
No they can't view files or folders outside of the specific folder you shared unless you've explicitly granted them access to other areas of your files storage.
- Mark
Super User II
Dropbox launched a 'trial' which allowed people who were sent shared links to add to Dropbox and it defaulted to a typical Shared Folder set up (even though thats obviously not what was intended). This meant they could read/write/create folders etc. within those links.
However, they have now stopped this and links work again as they should have before - read write only.
And no, thankfully, they cannot/couldnt see files elsewhere.
