Dropbox passwords optional for four hours
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Dropbox passwords optional for four hours
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#3I use any online service with the assumption that the things I put up there could likely become public, no longer anonymous, or what have you. I don't think this is overly paranoid, given how difficult computer security is.
To me; it would make sense if Dropbox stored everything encrypted (as in, encrypted pre-transfer), and you needed the private key to decrypt stuff, unless you specifically state that it is to be public. It just makes sense from a liability statement. That said, you can do this anyway as recomended in this article. (http://lifehacker.com/5813873/how-to-add-a-second-layer-of-e...)
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#4I use any online service with the assumption that the things I put up there could likely become public, no longer anonymous, or what have you. I don't think this is overly paranoid, given how difficult computer security is. To me; it would make sense if Dropbox stored everything encrypted (as in, encrypted pre-transfer), and you needed the private key to decrypt stuff, unless you specifically state that it is to be p…
The thing is that you can't do email then.
You can say that google might leak your emails, but the same is true if you use your private email server.
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#5I hope they add login activity to their "Recent Events" feed ASAP.
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#6It's media like this that great minds are trying to fight, you just want to make stories, create a buzz, even if it's by communicating misleading information that, when interpreted by people would not show the truth of what happens but just make them go nuts.
illustrated example: billgates twitter account: " Do you want me to give you all my money or what lolz" techcrunch : "OH MY GOD, BILLGATES PLANING TO GIVE A WAY ALL OF HIS MONEY" and later : "OH MY GOD, HERE'S THE GUY BILLGATES WAS TALKING ABOUT" I mean seriously, I just hate buzz seeking journalists.
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#7It's media like this that great minds are trying to fight, you just want to make stories, create a buzz, even if it's by communicating misleading information that, when interpreted by people would not show the truth of what happens but just make them go nuts. illustrated example: billgates twitter account: " Do you want me to give you all my money or what lolz" techcrunch : "OH MY GOD, BILLGATES PLANING TO GIVE A WAY…
I can smell all the journalists down voting
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#8I use any online service with the assumption that the things I put up there could likely become public, no longer anonymous, or what have you. I don't think this is overly paranoid, given how difficult computer security is. To me; it would make sense if Dropbox stored everything encrypted (as in, encrypted pre-transfer), and you needed the private key to decrypt stuff, unless you specifically state that it is to be p…
The thing is that you can't do email then. You can say that google might leak your emails, but the same is true if you use your private email server.
That's not exactly true. You just need to be super-paranoid and make sure that everything of importance is sent (on both ends) encrypted.
That's still wholly untenable for the real world, but not all paranoid people live in the real world per se.
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#9Anyone who had any confidential data in Dropbox (medical research data, credit card transaction data) must now file a data breach report.
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#10It's media like this that great minds are trying to fight, you just want to make stories, create a buzz, even if it's by communicating misleading information that, when interpreted by people would not show the truth of what happens but just make them go nuts. illustrated example: billgates twitter account: " Do you want me to give you all my money or what lolz" techcrunch : "OH MY GOD, BILLGATES PLANING TO GIVE A WAY…
I can smell all the journalists down voting
hilarious, but you all know that journalists in the tech world are seen as the "I-dont-know-nothing-but-I'll-just-pretend__with-a-smile-like-if-i-understood."