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dte9021989
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Should I worry about being banned for saving my Cyber Security notes in Dropbox?

Some explanation is definitely needed here. I have been working on gathering my notes for penetration testing and bug bounty hunting together in one place. I've been using VSCode and Dendron to organize my notes. I have been backing these notes up in Dropbox.
 
My concern comes in because one of my notes kept making Windows Defender mad because it has a PHP payload written down in it. It's in an .md file, but I'm worried Dropbox's scanners are going to pick that up and mark it as an offensive file and ban my account.
 
I'd really like to avoid that. I use the service for a lot of mission critical stuff, I'd like to avoid their wrath. If it's not okay then that's totally fine and I can store my notes elsewhere. I'd like to have that offsite backup though if I can.
 
Any help or insight would be appreciated.
Thank you
  • Hannah's avatar
    Hannah
    Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff

    Hey dte9021989, thanks for posting your query to our Community.

     

    As long as your content does not go against our terms of service and our acceptable use policy, you shouldn't have an issue.

     

    However, in the case that you do, you can always reach out to our support team for assistance.

     

    I hope this helps, but let me know if you have any questions!