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D P
Collaborator | Level 8
6 months ago
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I received a Dropbox survey invitation on the desktop app, that looks suspicious. Is this real?

"Got a few minutes? Get $5. Help us make Dropbox better". The window name is "Sprig electron view" (so it's not even using the standard Windows notification service). Anyway, the only notifica...
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  • Neal's avatar
    Neal
    5 months ago

    Hi D P​,

    I believe that these can not be disabled unfortunately.

D P's avatar
D P
Collaborator | Level 8
4 months ago

Similar spam on the Mac:

With notifications off.

 

  • Megan's avatar
    Megan
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    4 months ago

    Thanks for the heads up D P! 

    As previously mentioned by our Community Manager, I'm afraid these notifications are legitimate surveys from Dropbox, that can't be turned off right now. 

    If you need something else, please let me know and I will be more than happy to help every step of the way. 

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