Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam?

Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by justauser on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @11:56AM (#4256276)

But this doesn't mean anything though right since all encryption happens clientside right? Oh...wrong service. This is Dropbox so they have the key on their end.

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Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by awayand on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @12:02PM (#4256304)

makes it hard to deduplicate encrypted data maybe?

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Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by AndrewDucker on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @12:09PM (#4256337)

And also to share files with other people, or access them via the website.

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Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by gst on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @12:12PM (#4256348)

Wuala can deduplicate encrypted data. The encryption is a little bit weaker than standard encryption (because you can tell if two users are hosting the same file), but it's not possible to determine a file's content from the cipher text (if the file is unique).

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Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @12:12PM (#4256347)

Good opportunity for a paid level of service. Client-side encryption for $X extra per year, to make up for the extra storage used.

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Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by justauser on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @12:04PM (#4256314)

Explain that to users AND businesses who trust Dropbox with sensitive information.

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Re:Dropbox users' email addresses targeted by spam? by Nanopy on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @02:26PM (#4257069)

My sensitive information is in a truecrypt container...does dropbox market itself as a business backup solution, or just consumer?

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