Comments on: Watch out for that Dropbox Public Folder http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/ Ace King, check it out! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:14:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Gary http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1734 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:50:14 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1734 There’s no need to be unduly alarmed over this. Of course one should use discretion about what one puts in the public folder. This kind of legalese is used by companies for one purpose and one purpose only: to cover their ass legally. In a world where every kind of unscrupulous action can and does occur online, I can hardly blame them. It doesn’t mean the company is out to screw you; it means you should use reasonable discretion.

]]> By: Gregory http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1733 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:01:00 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1733 It will be hard for them to use my files, since i cant get the damned thing to work anyway.

]]> By: Bob http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1732 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:51:05 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1732 Sabrina – this is actually very common, and unexpected. It’s basically just saying that by putting stuff in your PUBLIC folder that you agree that other users might use the stuff that you put in your PUBLIC folder.

Nothing “gobsmacking” at all, really.

]]> By: Steven http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1731 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:59:24 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1731 I just downloaded DropBox and I don’t see that they tell you anywhere what that public folder is when you start using it.

]]> By: JB http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1729 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:29:25 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1729 Yeah, I read that when I signed up for dropbox. So far there is only one file in my public folder, and I don’t plan many more!

]]> By: Sabrina http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1728 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:09:15 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1728 That’s stunning. Gobsmacking, even. Not to mention UTTERLY INSANE.

]]> By: jdrumgoole http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1727 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:54:22 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1727 Its more the case that you have to enforce it as in individual. Its a default right they have asserted.

]]> By: Walter http://blog.joedrumgoole.com/2008/09/12/watch-out-for-that-dropbox-public-folder/#comment-1726 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:33:04 +0000 http://joedrumgoole.com/blog/?p=705#comment-1726 Ouch!. That surely can’t be enforceable – can it ?

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