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Author:  koli [ Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
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Monday Dropbox CTO Arash Ferdowsi revealed in a blog that a code update implemented on Sunday at 1:54pm PST introduced a bug that affected the service's authentication mechanism. The bug was discovered at 5:41pm PST and fixed precisely at 5:46pm. This meant that for nearly four hours, accounts were left wide open for anyone to access without a password.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/dropbox-Ara ... 11576.html

oops...
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:55 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
Well I have since upgraded my drop box password. Though I do wish programs that use drop box would encrypt the data before storing it there.
Author:  koli [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
I keep sensitive files in Truecrypt containers if I have them in Dropbox.
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
koli wrote:
I keep sensitive files in Truecrypt containers if I have them in Dropbox.


Which, of course, is such an obvious thing to do. You can never be too secure.

Don’t forget to put a plain text file in the same location with the password on it, just in case you forget it and you are away from your post-it note encrusted monitor.
Author:  koli [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
paulzolo wrote:
koli wrote:
I keep sensitive files in Truecrypt containers if I have them in Dropbox.

Which, of course, is such an obvious thing to do. You can never be too secure.

Well it is obvious but sometimes it defeats the purpose, especially if you access files from your smartphone or a tablet.
But I guess we can't have everything...
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
koli wrote:
paulzolo wrote:
koli wrote:
I keep sensitive files in Truecrypt containers if I have them in Dropbox.

Which, of course, is such an obvious thing to do. You can never be too secure.

Well it is obvious but sometimes it defeats the purpose, especially if you access files from your smartphone or a tablet.
But I guess we can't have everything...


I have a number of apps on my iOS devices which use DropBox as a filing system. Obviously, data in encrypted files won’t be available unless there is a corresponding app to open them.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
paulzolo wrote:
I have a number of apps on my iOS devices which use DropBox as a filing system. Obviously, data in encrypted files won’t be available unless there is a corresponding app to open them.

Same here, I do wish they had some encryption for data between desktop and iOS versions.
Author:  JJW009 [ Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Dropbox Accidently Turned Off Password for 4 Hrs
I just don't put sensitive stuff in my dropbox.

I actually don't have much sensitive stuff. Things like complicated passwords that keep changing I just keep on post-it notes on the monitor where they're pretty safe from hackers.
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