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Taffelzips
Explorer | Level 3
10 years ago
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Does dbxsvc.exe in Windows System32 folder actually belong to Dropbox program?

Hi, I'm running Dropbox on Windows 10 and everything is basically working fine. Some time ago I noticed a new service called "Dbxsvc" running on my computer. It runs from a file named dbxsvc.exe in m...
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  • Dorothy_Jane's avatar
    Dorothy_Jane
    10 years ago
    Hey Taffel,

    The new service you're seeing is an intended part of the application, I'd advise leaving it as is.

    You noted sync still appears to work correctly without this service however should you encounter any sync issues with the service removed it will limit our ability to resolve the issue.
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JustinT
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
SChalice wrote:

I think we got our answer by their silence on this thread. I suggest that is simply a backdoor trojan and NSA spyware.

Is that legal, these days? Normally, I'd expect ramifications, but... not in the nightmarish, anti-privacy dystopia we live in now.

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SChalice
Helpful | Level 6
9 years ago

Edward Snowden has warned against the cloud storage service Dropbox which he says is "hostile to privacy".

Snowden pointed out that Dropbox had appointed former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to its board in April 2014.

 

"Dropbox is a targeted you know wannabe PRISM partner," he told the Guardian.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/17/edward-snowden-dropbox-privacy-spideroak

 

According to Edward Snowden, people who care about their privacy should stay away from popular consumer Internet services like Dropbox.

 

 

Condoleezza Rice advocates illegal NSA surveillance

 

http://www.drop-dropbox.com/surveillance.html

 

 

Dropbox may be reading your stored documents. This revelation arrives by way of WNC InfoSec who claim that several ".doc" files had been opened on the Dropbox end in a recent test using HoneyDocs. Dropbox reportedly states that this is normal behavior for the storage company.

 

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dropbox-libreoffice-honeydocs-amazon-ec2-amazon-s3,news-17549.html

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