No mention of Linux I see, guess market too small to care. Seems to align with the recent decision to weaken the supported filesystem sync options on Linux as well. No real loss, as there are excellent open source alternatives luckily.
I don't really understand the point of a desktop app: for the desktop you want filesystem integration, right? That was Dropbox's initial claim to fame.
I just installed the DB client on a new Mac and it is very aggressive about trying to trick me into enabling Accessibility access (i.e. full control of the machine) and ghost files (ones that get faulted in when you read them) -- which I'd enable if they could still be indexed by Spotlight, a feature the old Sherlock had.
You just gave them the ability to control other apps, ch age the ui if other apps, and do whatever you could with keyboard and mouse. Personally I don’t trust a third part with that kind of insecure unconstrained capability.
Dropbox used to surreptitiously stick itself on that list without asking, but Apple forced them to request explicitly. I think that was underhanded of DB and I don’t trust them.
My boss is using Dropbox for business-related and private stuff and is looking for a comfortable way to encrypt the synced data on his machine. The best thing I came up with was a VeraCrypt image for sensitive data, which he could mount when needed. That could be problematic when he wants to access it on mobile, though.
Does anyone know of a more accessible way that could solve this?
Has anyone tried it yet? Is it just yet another electron app? For something that's just syncing files for me, I'm not sure if I want a heavy UI running constantly.
I just saw the announcement and don't really understand what they are trying to do? I just need something that synchronizes my files across all my devices. Am I missing something?
