Dropbox Passwords Is Shutting Down in Phases Starting Next Month

[DrPeril]

I'm shocked. Shocked! I say... well... not that shocked.

There are so many better tools. Most ecosystems have something built in and for those who need cross platform support there's a bunch of great options that are purpose built and less ******ified than Dropbox has become.

All anyone ever asked of them was fast, reliable, file sync. Paper, vaults, all the other nonsense they're desperate to bake into their memory-hogging app are just distractions at best but frustrations I think for a lot of people. As more services offer file sync, they need to get their act together or be embarrassed by the likes of iCloud even...

 

[grovberg]

Anyone else don't use DB much these days?

I pulled everything over to iCould drive about five years ago but I'm literally just in the first stages of a project to move everything back to Dropbox because of an experience I had with my mom. Her Apple ID got compromised and we went from her first "A new device was added to your account." email to an unrecoverable, permanently blacklisted Apple ID in less than 24 hours. She now can neither access anything from those accounts, nor log out and make a new account to use on her phone or laptop because you can't log out of iCloud without a valid account. We were told that even trying to wipe and reinstall the OS would actually brick the laptop entirely. Apple support's genuine suggestion was that she buy a new phone and laptop. So I'm fundamentally unwilling to trust Apple with any data of importance anymore.

 

[coolfactor]

I used to trust Dropbox 100% as a simple and reliable storage-and-sync, but then their software became more complicated and less "native", they tried to bolt on other features, like Paper, and costs went up... up... up...

If only they stuck to their core offering — a dropbox — maybe they wouldn't be shutting down these satellite features?

 

[slothinker]

Clipperz.is is a free (shareware donations possible) password manager invented by Italian computer scientists that has been around since 2008. It is in use by thousands around the globe.

Per their website: "Everything you submit is locally encrypted by your browser before being transmitted to Clipperz. The encryption key is a passphrase known only to you! It is impossible for anyone without that key to decrypt your data."

 

[trellus]

I've used DropBox for well over a decade and still use it -- but I didn't even know there was a Dropbox Passwords password manager. 😂

 

[jonnysods]

Dropbox is a fine service and always ran well for me, but I don't use add on features that a company just dabbles in, I would only use a dedicated pwd manager.

 

[ghanwani]

I stopped using Dropbox and use Proton Drive instead.

 

[AgeOfSpiracles]

I use it for one thing: File sharing.

I don't want to share publicly from iCloud - I haven't found a way of doing that anonymously.

I already use Maestral rather than the horrible DropBox software.

Other than that one purpose, I'd DropDropBox.

I haven't had a need to use it yet, but I have Tresorit bookmarked for the next time I need to share something anonymously. I forget where I got recommended it, but maybe other's here can give a thumbs up/down.

Send files easily with end-to-end encryption

Tresorit Send brings secure file sharing to your fingertips. Encrypted sharing with links helps to replace attachments and unreliable file transfer sites.

send.tresorit.com

 

[polyphenol]

I haven't had a need to use it yet, but I have Tresorit bookmarked for the next time I need to share something anonymously. I forget where I got recommended it, but maybe other's here can give a thumbs up/down.

Send files easily with end-to-end encryption

Tresorit Send brings secure file sharing to your fingertips. Encrypted sharing with links helps to replace attachments and unreliable file transfer sites.

send.tresorit.com

Massively more than I need! I don't need or want encryption.

I very much appreciate your bringing this to my attention.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

I use it for one thing: File sharing.

I don't want to share publicly from iCloud - I haven't found a way of doing that anonymously.

Badly needed on iCloud. Same reason.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Prophetic:

Dropbox: The Inside Story Of Tech's Hottest Startup

Drew Houston turned down Steve Jobs to build the next big thing.

www.forbes.com

Not so much prophetic in that Apple and MS and Google were the platform companies. It's only true because the big boys could copy them and put them out of business.

 

[polyphenol]

Badly needed on iCloud. Same reason.

When I first started using iCloud, I thought I was being totally dumb not being able to find how to share anonymously.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

When I first started using iCloud, I thought I was being totally dumb not being able to find how to share anonymously.

Same. Your full name hanging out there. Most ridiculous thing ever.

 

[xaanaax]

I didn’t even know they offer password management

 

[decafjava]

I use OneDrive all the time and don't run into any issues with it, aside from not always syncing files real fast. What issues do you run into?

It doesn't sync from my home computer (iMac 2015) to my work laptop the fwe times i make changes at home but no proble in the other direction. That could be as my home system is running Montrey and my work laptop is Windows 11 so more modern. As it is I rarely work from home as this is a job that requires presence (education) so it's not so bad.

 

[Kimba]

I haven't used it in years. I had no idea they had a password manager.

I've been a Dropbox user since they were new although I don't use them that much anymore. I also had no idea they had a password manager until I received the same email that ventmore did a few days ago.

Literally just received this email yesterday:

View attachment 2533165

 

[Steve121178]

I stopped using Dropbox and use Proton Drive instead.

How do you find the sync, upload & download speeds on Proton Drive?

 

[jennyp]

Same. Your full name hanging out there. Most ridiculous thing ever.

But the same thing happens on Dropbox, doesn't it? If I share a file to someone with Dropbox their landing page says "[My Full Name] shared this file. Want to do more with it? [etc etc]". Or am I holding it wrong?

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

But the same thing happens on Dropbox, doesn't it? If I share a file to someone with Dropbox their landing page says "[My Full Name] shared this file. Want to do more with it? [etc etc]". Or am I holding it wrong?

Been a long time but as far as I recall the DB url is just a long series of characters.

 

[jennyp]

Been a long time but as far as I recall the DB url is just a long series of characters.

Yes but on the web page that the recipient goes to with that URL, the recipient sees your full name as the person who shared it. Perhaps that's baked-in. Not entirely sure it should be.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Yes but on the web page that the recipient goes to with that URL, the recipient sees your full name as the person who shared it. Perhaps that's baked-in. Not entirely sure it should be.

No idea, can’t remember.

 

[jennyp]

No idea, can’t remember.

ER, I didn't ask a question! Lines crossed? 🤨 But if you meant, does that happen? Yes, it does. Try it and see for yourself.

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

ER, I didn't ask a question! Lines crossed? 🤨 But if you meant, does that happen? Yes, it does. Try it and see for yourself.

You asked if you were holding it wrong. Meaning, was there another way. No idea.

 

[masotime]

Not so much prophetic in that Apple and MS and Google were the platform companies. It's only true because the big boys could copy them and put them out of business.

That doesn’t invalidate that it was prophetic, although it sounds to me like it may have been “obvious” that the platform companies could have copied them and put them out of business, which I totally agree with.

Yet Dropbox forged ahead anyway, which is my point - they went ahead even when they were destined to fail. And here we are.

 

[polyphenol]

But the same thing happens on Dropbox, doesn't it? If I share a file to someone with Dropbox their landing page says "[My Full Name] shared this file. Want to do more with it? [etc etc]". Or am I holding it wrong?

You can change your Dropbox account to use any name you like. The name I use is unrelated to me as a person. Took me a while to realise I could do this.

Try that on iCloud and you end up with potential identity issues.