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		sp332 on May 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: App.net State of the Union You have to make a dropbox account to see my file, if the file isn't public. Edit: wait, maybe that's not true. It's even worse - anyone with the shared dropbox link will be able to get at my file even if they're not authenticated as someone I want to share with.

icebraining on May 7, 2014 [–]

How is not requiring registration "worse"? Just don't send the link publicly.

Sure, the recipient might share it, but s/he could also just download the file and share that, so you haven't lost any security.

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