I also noticed the changes for my Dropbox account: interesting and at the same time a bit scary. Also a fascinating issue around ownership.
Anyone familiar with the technology? V On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Gaël Hernandez <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > > I suppose that some of you also received the same notification from > Dropbox. When I read the changes on the blog, I didn't notice anything > as terrible as some of the comments indicate (scroll down in > http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=846). > > Does the bold lines mean that they are able to "technically read and > analyse our data" since their service is based on sharing the same > data chunks among users with the same files? > > Otherwise, I'm probably missing why the big woes. > > Cheers, > Gael > > > On 02/07/2011, Dropbox <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Gael, >> >> We wanted to let you know that we've made some changes to the Dropbox Terms >> of Service, Privacy Policy and Security Overview. We did this to make our >> policies easier to read and understand, and better reflect product >> improvements we've made to Dropbox. Please read about these changes in our >> blog post [http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=846], and read the docs themselves: >> >> TOS [http://www.dropbox.com/terms] >> Privacy Policy [http://www.dropbox.com/privacy] >> Security Overview [https://www.dropbox.com/security] >> >> We welcome feedback on the changes at [email protected]. Please note >> that by continuing to use Dropbox, you agree to our new TOS which will be >> effective on July 15th, 2011. >> >> - The Dropbox Team > > > -- > Blog in http://elgaelo.blogspot.com > Pictures in http://www.flickr.com/photos/elgaelo > > Por favor, evite enviarme adjuntos de Word, Excel o PowerPoint. > Vea http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.es.html > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. > _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
