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Can a password be hacked by brute force
Hi Everyone.
I wonder if a dropbox account password can be easily hack by brute force?
After several attemps, does dropbox warns us? Block the account?
thanks for your help.
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- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi Raiden; thanks for posting on our Community!
To directly get to the chase, yes, in the case of a brute force attack as you put it, the account will get blocked (and will give an error upon a login attempt) due to rate limiting and will be reset after 24 hours.
In any case, we'd recommend using a secure password or even two step authentication which adds an extra layer of security to your account.
I hope this information helps!
- Thanks for the reply.
Can you tell me when Dropbox started sending emails for new connection? - Walter
Are you referring to notifications about a new login via a web browser Raiden?
- Yes, the notification that Dropbox send by email everytime there a connection to a new web browser
- Rich
Super User II
Raiden wrote:
Yes, the notification that Dropbox send by email everytime there a connection to a new web browserAs mentioned in your previous thread with this question, Dropbox has been sending such notifications for years.
- Thanks mate, I just wanted to have an exact date from Dropbox.
Regards - Thanks for letting me know :)
At least a year perhaps. Also, I would love to know why the connection history in my account only start from january 2020.
they dont save connection history older than a year?
