Dropbox.com blocked by Google?
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Dropbox.com blocked by Google?
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Re: Dropbox.com blocked by Google?
#2Since it is effectively a free and anonymous hosting service (files hosted can be shared publicly via HTTP), I can easily imagine it being used for distributing malware.
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#3It has been blocked for me too. I am in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Where else is this problem happening? I'm curious as to how widespread it is. Even when I ignore the warning I am unable to visit the site.
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#4It has been blocked for me too. I am in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Where else is this problem happening? I'm curious as to how widespread it is. Even when I ignore the warning I am unable to visit the site.
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Re: Dropbox.com blocked by Google?
#5Since it is effectively a free and anonymous hosting service (files hosted can be shared publicly via HTTP), I can easily imagine it being used for distributing malware.
though couldn't any of the file storage places have the same issue (mosso, s3, etc)?
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#6Since it is effectively a free and anonymous hosting service (files hosted can be shared publicly via HTTP), I can easily imagine it being used for distributing malware.
though couldn't any of the file storage places have the same issue (mosso, s3, etc)?
Because they just switched domains (getdropbox.com to dropbox.com), they haven't built up a positive reputation on their new domain yet. As a result, only a handful of instances of malware being served by a user can get the domain blocked.
I wonder how effective this sort of attack would be against Dropbox in the future.
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#7The quickest way to get this resolved is to make it a PR issue for Google.
One suggestion: "It has been widely rumored that Google is developing GDrive, a cloud based file hosting service. Today, Google has blocked Dropbox, a cloud based file hosting service which would compete with GDrive, from appearing in its index. Is it fair that Google can unilaterally cause its competitors to essentially disappear from the Internet, without possibility of appeal, for reasons known only to them?"
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
though couldn't any of the file storage places have the same issue (mosso, s3, etc)?
Because they just switched domains (getdropbox.com to dropbox.com), they haven't built up a positive reputation on their new domain yet. As a result, only a handful of instances of malware being served by a user can get the domain blocked. I wonder how effective this sort of attack would be against Dropbox in the future.
Valid point and it crossed my mind too, however Google's systems are aware of domain shifts (I assume the Dropbox folks filed a domain change) and it should know about its 'transferred' positive rap.
If the block is solely based on malware distribution then Facebook would have suffered the same fait ages ago.
Amisdst all the data Google stores it should be clear that Dropbox isn't a random site freely dropping malware around the web.
If it can't figure it out then a good old fashioned human should.
Re: Dropbox.com blocked by Google?
#9The quickest way to get this resolved is to make it a PR issue for Google. One suggestion: "It has been widely rumored that Google is developing GDrive, a cloud based file hosting service. Today, Google has blocked Dropbox, a cloud based file hosting service which would compete with GDrive, from appearing in its index. Is it fair that Google can unilaterally cause its competitors to essentially disappear from the Int…
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Re: Dropbox.com blocked by Google?
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because they just switched domains (getdropbox.com to dropbox.com), they haven't built up a positive reputation on their new domain yet. As a result, only a handful of instances of malware being served by a user can get the domain blocked. I wonder how effective this sort of attack would be against Dropbox in the future.
Valid point and it crossed my mind too, however Google's systems are aware of domain shifts (I assume the Dropbox folks filed a domain change) and it should know about its 'transferred' positive rap. If the block is solely based on malware distribution then Facebook would have suffered the same fait ages ago. Amisdst all the data Google stores it should be clear that Dropbox isn't a random site freely dropping malwar…
I'm pretty sure this is the issue. Google wouldn't know to treat Dropbox "special" just because they switched domains. "dropbox.com" hasn't been around long enough in its current incarnation for it to be "clear that [it] isn't a random site freely dropping malware around the web."