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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by bobofettfett on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:34AM (#9136674)
What if they upload file hashes? What if they upload name+type+size to fingerprint files? They don't need to upload file contents for fingerprinting your drive content.
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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by yc1010 on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:41AM (#9136695)
Hmm there is a business model right there!

Fingerprint popular torrent movie/tv/games etc files and then monitor (via dropbox) their spread and how many computers around the world they end up on, I bet movie studios would love to measure exactly how much piracy affects them

shiiiittt

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Re:Dropbox accesses all the files in your PC? by bobofettfett on Tuesday March 03, 2015 @03:42AM (#9136698)
And we know automatic DCMA bots work on size and name alone.
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