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    <title>topic Re: How do I require a password before a user in macOS can change the Selective Sync folders? in Security and Permissions</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/How-do-I-require-a-password-before-a-user-in-macOS-can-change/m-p/692030#M9184</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I called in and it sounded like this was a financial decision, in that Dropbox would view people doing what I need as an attempt to avoid purchasing licenses.&amp;nbsp; I get that.&amp;nbsp; But it's not that, for me it's a security issue.&amp;nbsp; I would happily pay for licenses "by device" if that were an option that allowed me to edit syncing folders by device and not by account.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I appreciate the suggestion but in my 30 years of doing IT, I've never had anybody respond or implement a suggested change I've submitted so I honestly think it would be a waste of time to submit the suggestion! lol&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:46:33 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Admin2020</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-06-15T20:46:33Z</dc:date>
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      <title>How do I require a password before a user in macOS can change the Selective Sync folders?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/How-do-I-require-a-password-before-a-user-in-macOS-can-change/m-p/691845#M9175</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Long story short, I need my primary Dropbox account on my two computers and my iPad.&amp;nbsp; I sync the same folders on each device.&amp;nbsp; For security purposes, should my computer be logged into when I'm not around, I need to require a password before allowing selective sync folders to be edited.&amp;nbsp; Otherwise, somebody can just walk up to my computer if I step away, select all folders to be synced, and have immediate access to files they shouldn't have.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;My computer is locked, secured, encrypted and password protected already.&amp;nbsp; However there are times where just by the nature of being in an office with others where you will step away for a minute or to and for whatever reason the computer isn't locked.&amp;nbsp; For that worst case scenario, I need to be able to require users enter a password before changing selective sync folders.&amp;nbsp; The password could be the Dropbox account password, or could be a password required by macOS Ventura, as this computer is running mac OS Ventura.&amp;nbsp; Perhaps there is a way to have Ventura require a password before changing the settings/preferences of an already running application?&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If I cannot solve this problem and lock selective sync by device (not by user account) then our entire company has to leave Dropbox.&amp;nbsp; I'd prefer not to do that, but if Dropbox doesn't offer this security feature, or I can't get macOS to simulate it, our entire organization has to move to a competitor that has this feature.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Any ideas?!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:47:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Admin2020</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-06-15T05:47:14Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How do I require a password before a user in macOS can change the Selective Sync folders?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/How-do-I-require-a-password-before-a-user-in-macOS-can-change/m-p/691861#M9176</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;SPAN style="background: var(--ck-color-mention-background); color: var(--ck-color-mention-text);"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1675305"&gt;@Admin2020&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;, thanks for bringing this to our attention.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Currently, there isn't a method to add a password to prevent the changing of selective sync folders in the Dropbox desktop application.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you wish, you can &lt;A href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox/idb-p/101002013" target="_blank"&gt;suggest this change&lt;/A&gt; for others to vote on, so the dev team can look into this in future.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 05:49:21 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/How-do-I-require-a-password-before-a-user-in-macOS-can-change/m-p/691861#M9176</guid>
      <dc:creator>Jay</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-06-15T05:49:21Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: How do I require a password before a user in macOS can change the Selective Sync folders?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/How-do-I-require-a-password-before-a-user-in-macOS-can-change/m-p/692030#M9184</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I called in and it sounded like this was a financial decision, in that Dropbox would view people doing what I need as an attempt to avoid purchasing licenses.&amp;nbsp; I get that.&amp;nbsp; But it's not that, for me it's a security issue.&amp;nbsp; I would happily pay for licenses "by device" if that were an option that allowed me to edit syncing folders by device and not by account.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I appreciate the suggestion but in my 30 years of doing IT, I've never had anybody respond or implement a suggested change I've submitted so I honestly think it would be a waste of time to submit the suggestion! lol&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:46:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Security-and-Permissions/How-do-I-require-a-password-before-a-user-in-macOS-can-change/m-p/692030#M9184</guid>
      <dc:creator>Admin2020</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-06-15T20:46:33Z</dc:date>
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