Dropbox: DMCA Takedown in Personal Folders

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Link to the original tweet. He goes on to explain that the folder is private, but had a shared link. Bit strange?

https://twitter.com/darrellwhitelaw/status/45009647606079488...

Thanks!

I had the same issue some weeks ago but did not manage to create a screenshot back then …

You can provide links to private files, I do it all the time. On the other hand, I do not rely on Dropbox, I use it for temporary storage and as a glorified temp folder only.

I dropped Dropbox completely two years ago because I considered them to be insecure and unsafe. (Like all the rest of cloud storage.)

I have since set up my own personal cloud. It's more secure and nobody else has any control over it.

Are you sure that your own setup is more secure? Dropbox might be the wrong comparison but there are without any doubt cloud storage services with reasonable security … the necessary firewall configuration alone – you need a DMZ if you want to host your own server at home – can be quite challenging if you have no experience in the field.

Do you have any more details on this? When did this happen?

See https://twitter.com/darrellwhitelaw/status/45009647606079488... (from @nickjackson above).

It happened to me as well but I didn't manage to create a screenshot back then. Dropbox should be blamed, however, as an American company, there's no way around the DMCA I guess.

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