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Florian A.1's avatar
Florian A.1
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Why does Dropbox ask for your computer password

Hi, I just came across this blog post detailing some, shall we say, unorthodox ways Dropbox is circumventing OS X security features and tricking users into sharing their admin password: http://appl...
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Sebastian S.13's avatar
Sebastian S.13
Explorer | Level 4
10 years ago

Exactly! When the user removes the permission, DB should at least ask for it again.  And if it's not given (which you can only do on first install or by following the instructions of the author of the post), DB shouldn't be asking for it every time the system reboots, specially when everything works just fine without those permissions.

Looking forward for this "feature" to be removed in the near future.  In the meantime my files go somewhere else.

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