Dropbox…opening my docs?

http://www.wncinfosec.com/dropbox-opening-my-docs/?

by pearjuice • 12 years ago

6 5 12 years ago

Condoleezza Rice is not wasting anytime, is she?

openmaze• 12 years ago

The article is from September 2013 and it has been explained thousands of times that it's just Libreoffice converting the docs into html

praeivis• 12 years ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374945

nfm• 12 years ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6374945

xxsq• 12 years ago

There is a a follow up post that is linked in the link you posted which says the following:

As it turns out, Dropbox views/opens certain file types in order to convert them to a compatible format so they are easily accessible via web browser for its users. This makes sense and is common practice for many cloud storage services to provide the convenience of browser access while not needing any additional software to open these documents.

Dropbox…opening my docs?

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