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Dropbox deletes Rick and Morty creators account for secret TOS violation

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Re: Dropbox deletes Rick and Morty creators account for secret TOS violation

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Post by temp8964 »

mcguire wrote: post #256
temp8964 wrote: post #249

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How many spammers invest months / years to upload and modify content to fake legitimate user accounts?

All it takes is one to write the code.

No. It's not just to write the code. To fake a six-month legitimate use, the spammer also needs to run the code for six months, it takes lots of resource to do so.

To avoid detection, you can't just make API calls for six months. You have to run the official client on the machine for six months, and then the official client can collect more data on your usage pattern. Imagine the cost to run hundreds / thousands those accounts.

Re: Dropbox deletes Rick and Morty creators account for secret TOS violation

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Post by rightbyte »

lostgame wrote: post #146
mensetmanusman wrote: post #129

Sounds like an opportunity for a new company that abstracts away the actual different cloud providers, provides redundancy, and provides a security abstraction layer that prevents cloud hosts from knowing what their segments of files are for.

And when that service is abused for piracy, CP, and other illegal files; it will start the ball rolling that inevitably drags it down legally to the level that DropBox is at.

The storage providers should just charge 3USD per year from a card. I guess that prevents like 99.99% of spam and CP problems.

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Post by [deleted] »

mikkergp wrote: post #259
temp8964 wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But do they have to delete the flagged account directly? Also, can't they distinguish a spam account from a legit account based on the account history? I can't see why this is a difficult problem to solve.

If you come up with an algorithm to reliably and enduringly distinguish a spam account with a legit account you will be a billionaire. It's the 20 foot wall, 21 foot ladder problem.

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Post by lostgame »

neurostimulant wrote: post #308
lostgame wrote: post #165

Can I take a moment to recommend 'OwnCloud'? ( https://owncloud.com ) I may be out of the loop, but my experience with it has been great. It's a (mostly?) open-source, self-hosted DropBox(ish) clone - with a great UI, web browser support as well as native MacOS, Windows, Android and iOS apps. (I figure there's probably some sort of Linux client as well? I'd have no idea.) I'm shocked that Adult Swim isn't using somet…

NextCloud is a popular fork of OwnCloud by its original developer, and doesn't seem to gate features on their self-hosted version.

Hey, thanks so kindly for bringing that to my attention! I'll probably migrate my system to NextCloud. :)

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Post by rolph »

dubswithus wrote: post #305
rajup wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sadly this story could have happened with any big cloud provider. Ideally there would be more regulation around the ability of big tech companies to shutdown your digital life through a mindless algorithm, with close to zero recourse. Unfortunately I don’t see anything happening unless someone really powerful (say a member of Congress) gets bitten by this.

I've got 776 gigs of pirated TV in my Dropbox. Am I in danger?

in a number of ways yes, depending on the amount of 3rd party attention devoted to the files, in my neck of the woods a 1 terabyte drive is worth ~ 100$

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Post by effingwewt »

em-bee wrote: post #315
ByThyGrace wrote: post #303

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So why do you need all your writing notes to be on the cloud? Using multiple devices for work? An editor's request/requirement?

always keep a copy outside of your home. my own writing is replicated on almost every device i have. it's the most valuable to me. more so even than photos which are just memories.

Still zero reason to have on the cloud. You can sync the files between your devices, or even better set up your own home server for close to $0.

Why do people always forget the 'cloud' is just someone else's computer.

Nothing important should ever exist solely on the 'cloud'.

I wouldn't even trust a backup copy sent to email, yet I see that constantly as well.

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Post by benibela »

smoldesu wrote: post #39

Hopefully this will stop HNers from linking everyone ye olde "this is why Dropbox is better than your nerdass solution" comment, and hopefully it vindicates everyone over the years who countered that argument by asking what happens when Dropbox deletes your account apropos of nothing...

This old nerdass solution? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

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Post by undersuit »

xeromal wrote: post #307
batuhandirek wrote: post #272

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Do you have this in your bookmarks? Super cool you could just pull this off of your memory and have a link to it!

This is a pretty popular post to link to when it comes to feedback for a new app you're building. Another fun one is the slashdot posts when the first ipod came out.

There is someone suggesting in the Twitter thread to use an FTP server too.

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Post by hassancf »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #164
ksec wrote: post #76

Someday, if only we could get a basic NAS that fits three 2TB HDD and retail for $199.

can't tell if serious or not - you can get a 2-bay Synology for less than that

Yes diskless.

Then you’ll need to buy disks

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Post by copperx »

rolph wrote: post #325
dubswithus wrote: post #305

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've got 776 gigs of pirated TV in my Dropbox. Am I in danger?

in a number of ways yes, depending on the amount of 3rd party attention devoted to the files, in my neck of the woods a 1 terabyte drive is worth ~ 100$

That's very expensive. Where do you live?
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