Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without opt-in

Posted by zaltekk on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:23AM
from the twitter.com dept.

https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1734935222519758986

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Re:Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without op... by accrual on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:49AM (#38630055)

I didn't see the setting in my Dropbox account. Maybe because I have "Early access" disabled? Either way, not a fan of an opt-in setting that shares your data when it's supposed to just be a place to store files.

> Get access to products and features that Dropbox is still testing and evaluating, and give feedback to help our product teams build the best final product.

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Re:Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without op... by mtmail on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:28AM (#38627826)

It was switched-off for me (based in Europe).

Edit: based on their help page "In countries with the preferred language set to English. Excluding Canada, the UK (United Kingdom), and countries within the EEA (European Economic Area)." https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/privacy-settings-dropbox-...

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Re:Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without op... by jotaen on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @03:00PM (#38633388)

Thanks for posting that link, that sheds a lot of light on this topic.

I’m also in the EU, and the button was switched off for me too.

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Re:Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without op... by jeffbee on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:42AM (#38628028)

I think this should be switched off, and against the law, but the tweet is hyperbolic. It specifically states that the data is not for training.

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Re:Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without op... by rchaud on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:02PM (#38632485)

So? What is preventing the company from just using it anyway and paying a fine later? The culture of these growthmaxxing companies pretty much ensures a philosophy of "don't ask for permission, ask for forgiveness".

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Re:Dropbox is sharing your files with AI partners without op... by dang on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @01:47PM (#38632224)

Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38629963, which has the source (such as it is) that this points to.

Submitters: "Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter." - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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