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Re:The Dropbox Foundation by daniel_iversen on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:14AM (#16428857)
Re:The Dropbox Foundation by progval on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:18AM (#16428880)
Decryption keys are stored on Dropbox's servers, which makes this encryption pointless if the company turns evil.
Re:The Dropbox Foundation by dsacco on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:32AM (#16428946)
Not all decryption needs to be end to end encryption. I’m not sure when this idea developed, but it’s silly.

If your threat model mandates that you use end to end encryption, go for it, and choose something other than Dropbox. But saying the encryption is pointless just because the organization that manages the keys could become “evil” is hyperbole.

Re:The Dropbox Foundation by josh2600 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:42AM (#16429002)
Dropbox deduplicates files across user accounts to minimize storage. Effectively, this means all accounts share one private key for encryption...

Edit: to be clear, I believe it is an option on enterprise accounts to use your own key.

Re:The Dropbox Foundation by dsacco on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @07:29AM (#16428934)
This shouldn’t be downvoted. The page states clearly that data is encrypted both in transit and at rest.