Re: Dropbox is dangerous

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I've been susing Dropbox on Linux, Windows, Android etc. for years without 
issue. Work uses them all the time for sync'ing with business partners.

Software goes wrong sometimes. With the infinite variety of installations it's 
impossible not to. Don't get parranoid folks.


On Monday 16 February 2015 02:47:12 Roger wrote:
> On 16/02/15 12:52, jd1008 wrote:
> > On 02/15/2015 05:31 PM, Mickey wrote:
> >> On 02/15/2015 07:10 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> >>> Mickey writes:
> >>>> My computer was locking up and I couldn't open or close anything.
> >>>> I did a ps aux and found that dropbox was consuming 117% of the CPU
> >>>> and 70% of memory, after awhile I was able to Kill Dropbox and then
> >>>> I uninstalled it and now my computer is back to normal.
> >>>>
> >>>> What the "H" is happening ?
> >>>
> >>> NSA.
> >>
> >> Come on Sam, This is Linux I'm using not Windows.
> >
> > Precisely!!
> >
> > I still ditto Mickey. dropbox is a trojan.
>
> I am not sure about this comment. I have had Dropbox on both Fedora and
> Ubuntu and not an issue.
> With a goodie bag of alternatives to Dropbox which I have never tried,
> maybe it's time to try elsewhere.
> Roger



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