Reviews of Dropbox

1. 
   Input Overload

   Reviewing 1.3.10 Experimental (Jan 31, 2012)

   OK if you don't mind your files being looked at. I did notice a case over the pond where a person was taken to court & ordered to reveal the encryption key!
   
   There are other privacy issues regarding transmission of data on the net that I won't go in too...
   
   I've gone back to personal backups using external drives here & in a remote locations.
   
   A pity though as after many years I have a fast fibre connection & can't use it for remote backups.
2. 
   c4p0ne

   Reviewing 1.3.6 Experimental (Jan 16, 2012)

   PROS:
   Dropbox is by far the easiest I've seen so far in terms of the implementation of syncing files across multiple machines and "the cloud". Most importantly, it is the most "transparent" solution for the end-user that is available right now.
   
   CONS:
   You can't "rename" the root folder to anything other then "Dropbox" which is annoying. However, using "Hard-Links" and "Junction Points" in Windows can somewhat "soothe" this issue.
   
   !!WARNINGS!!:
   Dropbox is allowed to browse through, LOOK at ALL of your personal data and GIVE IT TO WHOMEVER THEY SEE FIT INCLUDING so-called "law-enforcement" agencies, the FBI, NSA, etc.. The proprietary encryption that Dropbox uses to "protect" you is ABSOLUTELY 100% USELESS since it is purposefully includes "backdoors" in it so that the entities mentioned above can have access to ANY AND ALL of your PRIVATE data simply by serving Dropbox with a subpoena. Although Dropbox states in their ToS that this never needs to happen since they will WILLINGLY, EASILY, AND FREELY GIVE YOUR DATA TO PRETTY MUCH ANY LAW-ENFORCEMENT AGENCY THAT REQUESTS IT.
   
   The SOLUTION TO THIS REPUGNANT, INDISCRIMINATE Invasion of privacy is to ENCRYPT ALL OF YOUR DATA USING STRONG ENCRYPTION *BEFORE* it ever touches your Dropbox folders.
   
   Preferable encryption solutions would be NON-PROPRIETARY (open-source) encryption algorithms that ARE NOT created-by, endorsed and/or supported by US government entities, especially ones that operate outside of the bounds of the constitution such as the NSA.
3. 
   Tallpaultn

   Reviewing 1.3.6 Experimental (Jan 16, 2012)

   Version 1.3.6 Experimental--More of the same--Dropbox stil gives an installation error & will not complete the installation process. Seems pretty pointless to me to release versions of the program that will not install.....
4. 
   Tallpaultn

   Reviewing 1.3.5 Experimental (Jan 3, 2012)

   I'm sure that as soon as Dropbox releases a version that will install appropriately & function as it should that users will be glad to use the program. Unfortunately, they haven't done that for some time now...
5. 
   juanito1968

   Reviewing 1.3.4 Experimental (Dec 23, 2011)

   @Stoerpser
   
   I suppose da time's come 2 upgrade yr OS 2 a Win 7 (lite if yr machine needs that kind of release).

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