The Dropbox downward spiral. Or is it their biggest chance? – Yves Bennaïm.
Dropbox oversimplified a few points related to security, favouring a brief explanation that was not entirely accurate. via Internet security: Keys to the cloud castle | The Economist.
Before: Dropbox employees aren’t able to access user files, and when troubleshooting an account, they only have access to file metadata (filenames, file sizes, etc. not the file contents). Now: Dropbox employees are prohibited from viewing the content of files you store in your Dropboxaccount, and are only permitted to view file metadata (e.g., file [...]
“Ever since iOS 4 arrived, your device has been storing a long list of locations and time stamps. We’re not sure why Apple is gathering this data, but it’s clearly intentional, as the database is being restored across backups, and even device migrations.” “Although mobile networks already record phones’ locations, it is only available to [...]
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