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Got a good alt suggestion?
Has anyone tried sync.com? From their website they claim end to end encryption and seem to take privacy ands security seriously.
Feature-wise sync.com looks interesting, but there seem to be very few users out there. I would be worried that they disappear when they run out of VC money.
What the fuck Dropbox! How do I get rid of the backdoor in /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db even after uninstalling Dropbox.app and rm -rf'ing ~/.dropbox and /Library/DropboxHelperTools? Do I just sudo sqlite3 and delete the row? Or is there an official tool (tccutil)? Edit: Crap, there's a /Library/Extensions/Dropbox.kext too now. :(
should be able to just uncheck Dropbox.app in SysPrefs -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility
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Honestly they're pretty much the most expensive out of all of the storage solutions. Other than versioning they have less features than their competition as well. If they were born today I can't imagine they would have gone much of anywhere. Not sure how they're doing financially today but it seems each product they create flops. So even outside of this surveillance stuff I don't get the point in using them.
Their client just works better at syncing quickly and reliably. A huge criteria for me is how much CPU it uses in the background compared to competing solutions from Google or MS and it was often an order of magnitude less (other clients may have improved in the last year or two, I haven't checked). Another significant advantage is that they support a stable command line client for Linux.
After setting up monitoring around the client to keep it running we wound up switching to a different, more reliable solution.
Dropbox works ok on the server but I wouldn't rely on it as a step in any important workflows unless the client has improved significantly in the past year.
Non-clickbait title: "How Dropbox uses the root access that you give it during installation to give itself Accessibility authorization without triggering the usual popup".
The first bit, for me, is key.
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Is the "secure desktop with dimming effect" not spoofable?
Not really. Sure you can make a replica of it but it won't behave the same because you'll be able to minimize or close it but the secure desktop you can't do jack to until you either accept to decline whatever it's asking.
What the fuck Dropbox! How do I get rid of the backdoor in /Library/Application\ Support/com.apple.TCC/TCC.db even after uninstalling Dropbox.app and rm -rf'ing ~/.dropbox and /Library/DropboxHelperTools? Do I just sudo sqlite3 and delete the row? Or is there an official tool (tccutil)? Edit: Crap, there's a /Library/Extensions/Dropbox.kext too now. :(
should be able to just uncheck Dropbox.app in SysPrefs -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility
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What kernel extension? Dropbox has a Finder plugin for badges, but what would they need a kernel extension for?
This kernel extension: /Library/Extensions/Dropbox.kext And good question.
https://blogs.dropbox.com/tech/2016/05/going-deeper-with-pro...
I wonder if Apple will thwart this hack with an update. Seems like anyone reading this will start using this hack. In the meantime a watchdog app on this hack would be nice to have and share with the world.
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should be able to just uncheck Dropbox.app in SysPrefs -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility
No, that works only until your next reboot. DB has installed an agent that resets that setting in TCC.db a few seconds after you log in next.