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EpeeFencer
New member | Level 2
5 years ago

Restrict a Connected App to Just One Folder

I have several connected apps to my Dropbox account.  Several of them are restricted to view/edit specific folders that are related to them.  Others are allowed to view all of my Dropbox folders.  ...
Third Party Integrations
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tedfranklin
New member | Level 2
4 years ago

I imagine the 768 people who voted for this know about 100x as much about security as the users who are unaware of the problem.  I spent two hours researching this because I simply couldn't believe that Dropbox had not addressed this. Dropbox may want to keep things simple for users and developers but this absolutely needs to be fixed.  Dropbox is one popular but poorly designed app away from a major security scandal. With all the warnings posted here about the risk this poses to users, the legal liability could be serious.

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Synaesthete
New member | Level 2
3 years ago

I agree and feel this should be escalated, but don't understand the proper channels for doing so. This is critical.

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