We posted recently about the misuse of Internet users have been doing some of the new tools offered by Dropbox. Earlier this week the company announced the ability to share any file in any folder with anyone, simply ask the system to generate a single link. Well, today came the reply from the Dropbox on the subject - they comment on piracy and malware being spread from their servers.
"We explicitly prohibit the abuse of copyright and employ a series of measures to insure that our sharing feature is not used in the wrong way." That was the official response obtained by Tecnoblog. Although questioned on the subject, the company did not answer about what technologies you use to scan the file servers of dubious quality, so to speak.
Anyway, it seems that it works. The link in the same Tecnoblog presented yesterday is no longer accessible (you can click with ease) on the afternoon of Thursday (26/4). Anyone trying to access the link is a message that it is restricted content that is no longer available.
The Dropbox was considered by the Stop Badware initiative as one of the fastest growing companies taking steps to avoid exposing users to risk opening infected files. Report published in September last year by the Stop Badware shows the company that qualifies as a provider of hosting services, with links taken off the air within 45 minutes, time considered low.
In some cases, the Dropbox team personally responds to requests from Internet users about complaints of fraudulent or malicious links. This is one of the commitments that Dropbox provides Tues
They said in a statement that "Dropbox is concerned with security and user experience above all else and works with a variety of companies [that offer solutions] phishing and malware in order to stop denial of service attacks."
"We explicitly prohibit the abuse of copyright and employ a series of measures to insure that our sharing feature is not used in the wrong way." That was the official response obtained by Tecnoblog. Although questioned on the subject, the company did not answer about what technologies you use to scan the file servers of dubious quality, so to speak.
Anyway, it seems that it works. The link in the same Tecnoblog presented yesterday is no longer accessible (you can click with ease) on the afternoon of Thursday (26/4). Anyone trying to access the link is a message that it is restricted content that is no longer available.
The Dropbox was considered by the Stop Badware initiative as one of the fastest growing companies taking steps to avoid exposing users to risk opening infected files. Report published in September last year by the Stop Badware shows the company that qualifies as a provider of hosting services, with links taken off the air within 45 minutes, time considered low.
In some cases, the Dropbox team personally responds to requests from Internet users about complaints of fraudulent or malicious links. This is one of the commitments that Dropbox provides Tues
They said in a statement that "Dropbox is concerned with security and user experience above all else and works with a variety of companies [that offer solutions] phishing and malware in order to stop denial of service attacks."
