Dropbox is using an unsigned binary to install kernel extensions on your Mac

Re:Dropbox is using an unsigned binary to install kernel ext... by ogezi on Monday February 27, 2017 @09:58AM (#13744654)

> So an implementation-detail for a feature on a platform you don't use caused you to shift to another product, which doesn't even support the feature you are complaining about? Am I reading you correct?

I don't think he's talking about only this one issue. Dropbox had an issue with something of this sort recently [0]. They secretly gave their Mac application root privileges. They may have crossed the line for him here. I should say that I'm not speaking for him but I can see how something like this could have been the last straw for someone.

I personally think that the way a company treats it customers is a good display of how good it's culture is. It's not a good sign that they did this.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12619722

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Re:Dropbox is using an unsigned binary to install kernel ext... by stuaxo on Monday February 27, 2017 @10:46AM (#13745010)

Is this a different issue, or just a different part of the same thing ?

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Re:Dropbox is using an unsigned binary to install kernel ext... by ogezi on Monday February 27, 2017 @11:11AM (#13745214)

I hazard the latter since they have had a series of problems except the one here.

There was also a time that when you uploaded to Dropbox a file that was already on its servers, instead of storing the new file they stored a reference to the old one (that they already had) as per https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2478567

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