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0 pointsmtogo15y ago0 comments

| Dropbox seems to have decent transport security

Unless you're using the mobile app.

| For a normal user (individual or corporate), trusting dropbox is not any worse than trusting gmail or anyone else who has your data and has market, legal, and other reasons to keep it safe for you.

Except Google doesn't (afaik) lie about their ability to en/decrypt or view your personal data.

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rdl15y ago

Yeah, both points are true. At least it looks like they are fixing the mobile app ssl thing.

I think lying is a bit excessive as a description; they were misleading, hopefully unintentionally, on something where full and clear disclosure would have been a better standard. It isn't like Crypto AG or other famous vendor vs. users situations, though. Ascribing malice to them seems inappropriate.

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