Hi Dropboxers,
Today we revised our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Security Overview. We’re in the process of emailing every user to let you know about these changes. These updates are meant to make all our policies clearer and more transparent to you.
So what did we change?
First, we’ve made all three of these docs easier to read and understand. We worked hard to eliminate as much “legalese” as possible. We actually want you to read them!
Second, we’ve tried to make them better reflect a few important beliefs we have as a company by adding more detail on privacy and security. The trust placed in us by millions of people to keep their valuable data safe is the most important asset we have. Security is a responsibility we take very seriously and a topic we want users to understand. We also want users to understand that information about how people use Dropbox is really important to helping us build a better product. So, we believe you should know what data we collect and store, and we want to be upfront and honest about how we use it.
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"Yesterday Dropbox, the popular file storage Web application that enables users to easily sync a folder from their local computer with the the cloud, made a small change to its terms of service. Dropbox made it clear that it would decrypt and hand-over files if the U.S. government requested it.
The issue is not so much that Dropbox is willing to hand over user data to the feds if requested - as RedMonk co-founder and analyst James Governor points out, the company doesn't have much choice: "given I understand it runs on Amazon Web Services, which would give up the data if asked anyway." "
""Dropbox recently updated their TOS, Privacy Policy, and Security Overview. Included in the TOS is the following statement: 'By submitting your stuff to the Services, you grant us (and those we work with to provide the Services) worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable rights to use, copy, distribute, prepare derivative works (such as translations or format conversions) of, perform, or publicly display that stuff to the extent we think it necessary for the Service.' I think Dropbox is a great service, but what is the significance of granting them such broad usage rights?""
PhotoThe Dropbox data hosting service introduced a bug that unlocked its 25 million users' accounts and data for everyone to see, a class action lawsuit claims in California's Northern District.
In the suit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, Dropbox customer Cristina Wong of Los Angeles said she did not learn about the incident until she read a news story about it several days later.
"Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to function correctly, including preservation of your privacy and security.
A one-page summary explains the unique properties of this system."
"SparkleShare is a syncing and collaboration tool that shines by its absence. It's designed to get out of your way, to make sharing documents and collaboration easier, and to make peers aware of what you are doing.
You are in control
SparkleShare allows you to host your own service with ease, so that you are always in control of your data. It also keeps a record of changes in you make to your files. Did you or someone else make a mistake? No problem, just revert it."
"Für alle, die nicht zum Beispiel per SSHFS ihre eigene Cloud betreiben, ist Dropbox ein genialer Service: Dateien werden über mehrere Rechner automatisch synchronisiert, es gibt eine eingebaute Backup- & Restore-Funktion, und wenn man mal keinen Rechner dabei hat, sind alle Dateien auch per Webinterface zugänglich. Natürlich kann man auch Ordner & Dateien mit anderen teilen: Daraus hat man sich sogar schon ein “dezentrales(?)” soziales Netzwerk gebastelt. Besonders mutige synchronisieren sogar ihre Passwörter darüber."
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Der berühmte Cloud-Dienst Dropbox hat in den USA seine AGB ergänzt. In einer neuen Passage bekräftigen die Betreiber, dass Nutzer-Daten auf Nachfrage auch an Regierungen weitergereicht werden sollen. Das sei zumindest in den USA gängige Praxis, so ein Bericht des Business Insider, und für den Durchschnitts-User ohne Belang. Die Kommentare des Artikels geben aber ein differenzierteres Bild über die Frage nach dem Schutz der Privatssphäre – und sind deswegen spannender als das eigentliche AGB-Update."
"dropboxThis is nothing groundbreaking, but Dropbox has updated its security Terms of Service to say that if the government asks, they will have to decrpyt user's files and turn them over.
That's standard practice for any online storage service from Gmail to Amazon, and shouldn't affect the average user unless they're doing something wrong.
The updated passage reads:"
Why is Dropbox more popular than other programs with similar functionality? http://t.co/1koBXM3