Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
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Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
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Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#2I’ve been using https://github.com/samschott/maestral instead of Dropbox’s client for the last year or so and it’s been rock-solid.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#3Wow, uninstall dropbox then.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#4Remember their dirty tricks in the past?
How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac (1037 points on Sept 9, 2016, 423 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12463338
Revealing Dropbox’s dirty little security hack: https://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-di...
Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security: https://www.wired.com/2011/05/dropbox-ftc/
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#5I'll be honest, I don't really see the complaint here.
The telemetry goes to telemetry.dropbox.com. You get this telemetry because you have installed the Dropbox desktop app, which means Dropbox already has lots of access to your machine. If this telemetry just went back mixed with normal Dropbox communications (like most apps), would people even be aware of it?
There doesn't seem to be any discussion of what the telemetry actually is, just annoyance it exists.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#6Is this still a case?
The first comment in thread is from 2020, the last - from 2021. Now where I live is 2023.
I don't have any relationship with Dropbox, but we should be precise that this information might be outdated.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#7I’ve been using https://github.com/samschott/maestral instead of Dropbox’s client for the last year or so and it’s been rock-solid.
Works very well indeed. The only thing I miss is the ability to easily create public links from the GUI.
TIL it is possible from the command line, so perhaps I can make it work with Automator.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#8Do people still use Dropbox? I feel like I almost never hear recommendations for it.
I personally abandoned Dropbox when they introduced a limit on the amount of devices you could use for free plans, and the cheapest plan was like 120€/year for 2 TB.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#9I'll be honest, I don't really see the complaint here. The telemetry goes to telemetry.dropbox.com. You get this telemetry because you have installed the Dropbox desktop app, which means Dropbox already has lots of access to your machine. If this telemetry just went back mixed with normal Dropbox communications (like most apps), would people even be aware of it? There doesn't seem to be any discussion of what the tel…
> I'll be honest, I don't really see the complaint here.
There is no explicit consent.
Re: Dropbox telemetry can't be disabled
#10I'll be honest, I don't really see the complaint here. The telemetry goes to telemetry.dropbox.com. You get this telemetry because you have installed the Dropbox desktop app, which means Dropbox already has lots of access to your machine. If this telemetry just went back mixed with normal Dropbox communications (like most apps), would people even be aware of it? There doesn't seem to be any discussion of what the tel…
> I'll be honest, I don't really see the complaint here. There is no explicit consent.
But dropbox already has huge amounts of information about you, in particular the names, contents, and history of all of your files.