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The verification code takes a long time to arrive (even hours).
Hi. I'm putting my family history in Dropbox and I wanted to give all my relatives access to it. There are lot of folders with photos, life histories, old records, etc. So I thought it'd be easier to give everybody my log-in info.
When anybody logs in, I get sent the verification code and I text it to the person. So far it's worked fine, but one of my cousins logged in today and it took nearly three hours for the verification code to come to me. He just tried again a half hour ago and I'm still waiting for the code.
Can anyone shed some light on why this is happening? Please advise. Thanks.
Clare [removed per Community Guidelines]
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- Rich
Super User II
So I thought it'd be easier to give everybody my log-in info.
DO NOT DO THIS! Not only would it allow anyone with that information to take over the account, it's also a violation of the Dropbox terms and could result in the deletion of your account AND your files. Do not risk it!
When anybody logs in, I get sent the verification code and I text it to the person.
Please don't do this! Security codes from services such as Dropbox and others are there to PREVENT others from signing into your personal account, and you're trying to bypass that security.
If you want to give them view-only access to the files, just send them a shared link to the files or folders. If they need edit access, have them sign up for their own account and then share the folder with them.
