An interesting note: OneDrive really dislikes that, it reads your encrypted files as ransomware and asks you to say they’re OK every time you upload something new. It’s really annoying.
The Third-Party AI features are not available to everyone yet. The features are in alpha and are only available to customers on Dropbox Professional, Essentials, Business, Business Plus, and some customers on Dropbox Standard and Advanced.
If you’re on a Basic, Plus or Family account, or you’re part of one of the other groups that don’t yet have access, the Third-Party AI features won’t be available to you.
By the time it appears, it will have been “on” for some nonzero duration before you switch it off, so I guess they could already have irreversibly vacuumed up your existing data…
Not according to Dropbox ToS. You already agree to allow them to use your materials for marketing and research purposes. This is only a minor step further.
Holy hell guys, did you all just read the headline and run to the comment section?
enabled by default means you can see the feature and interact with it if you choose to do so
when you interact with it, it explains it needs to send this file to OpenAI. Of course it does, that’s how it knows what you’re asking of it. You are prompted to choose to use this feature
if you choose not to interact with it, nothing has changed, nothing has been sent anywhere
if you really don’t want to look at it anymore you can turn it off, which is nice. A lot of companies drop stuff like this and you’re stuck with it whether you like it or not
Not nearly enough people have read the article and instead make rash decisions based on a misleading clickbait headline that has since been changed to "Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used
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Specifically asking the AI search tool to analyze a file for you kinda requires sending that file to OpenAI to be analyzed. And it even asks you if it’s okay first.
It only interacts with OpenAI when you use the feature and warns you about it ahead of time. None of your files were automatically sent over and if you don’t want to use this feature they allow you to turn it off. This is in the article.
How unsurprising, a headline that technically doesn’t lie, but also gives a completely misleading impression. At least it has been fixed since: the current, accurate one is “Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used”
Because your files only get sent to the AI search service if you use the AI search feature, which it tells you will send the one specific file you are asking the AI to analyze to OpenAi. Which, you know… Duh?
The third-party AI toggle is only turned on to give all eligible customers the opportunity to view our new AI features and functionality, like Dropbox AI. It does not enable customers to use these features without notice. Any features that use third-party AI offer disclosure of third-party use, and link to settings that they can manage. Only after a customer sees the third-party AI transparency banner and chooses to proceed with asking a question about a file, will that file be sent to a third-party to generate answers. Our customers are still in control of when and how they use these features
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So glad I stopped using dropbox as soon as they hired Condoleeza Rice.
There’s my people. I had to scroll too far!
Also: public cloud + cryptomator > e2ee cloud (Proton etc)
That’s neat, thanks!
An interesting note: OneDrive really dislikes that, it reads your encrypted files as ransomware and asks you to say they’re OK every time you upload something new. It’s really annoying.
Then stop using it and go to Sync > Dropbox > Box (not 100% if it works for Box), way better
Of course OneDrive hates it, you’re cucking Microsoft from access to your cleartext files.
—Microsoft, definitely
And this is precisely why you don’t store your files in the cloud.
Me with my 70 gigabytes of furry porn commissions
Weird, I can’t find the setting in settings…
It’s not in any of the articles, but in dropbox forums:
Cool, so we have to just keep thinking about it and checking in to turn it off. Great way to combat a wave of people opting out.
By the time it appears, it will have been “on” for some nonzero duration before you switch it off, so I guess they could already have irreversibly vacuumed up your existing data…
Yikes.
Prayers to all the companies using Dropbox as cloud storage.
Your intellectual property and private docs is now given to AI! Haha y’all are so fucked!
I found it under “Third-party AI” on the web portal settings. It was enabled for me, I’m in the US.
Same, it’s not in my settings anywhere.
Be interesting to see how long after today this stands
wait hold on a second, don’t I have a reasonable expectation that my non public files aren’t public?
Not according to Dropbox ToS. You already agree to allow them to use your materials for marketing and research purposes. This is only a minor step further.
Holy hell guys, did you all just read the headline and run to the comment section?
enabled by default means you can see the feature and interact with it if you choose to do so
when you interact with it, it explains it needs to send this file to OpenAI. Of course it does, that’s how it knows what you’re asking of it. You are prompted to choose to use this feature
if you choose not to interact with it, nothing has changed, nothing has been sent anywhere
if you really don’t want to look at it anymore you can turn it off, which is nice. A lot of companies drop stuff like this and you’re stuck with it whether you like it or not
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ITT: not nearly enough people demanding that Dropbox execs go to prison for massive violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Not nearly enough people have read the article and instead make rash decisions based on a misleading clickbait headline that has since been changed to "Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used "
Specifically asking the AI search tool to analyze a file for you kinda requires sending that file to OpenAI to be analyzed. And it even asks you if it’s okay first.
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Tech companies are only as good as their financial health.
Loyalty is stupid.
In desperation, they will milk you.
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It only interacts with OpenAI when you use the feature and warns you about it ahead of time. None of your files were automatically sent over and if you don’t want to use this feature they allow you to turn it off. This is in the article.
How unsurprising, a headline that technically doesn’t lie, but also gives a completely misleading impression. At least it has been fixed since: the current, accurate one is “Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used”
Because your files only get sent to the AI search service if you use the AI search feature, which it tells you will send the one specific file you are asking the AI to analyze to OpenAi. Which, you know… Duh?
On a side note, I love that article image that they used. The contrast it’s trying to portray is so chef’s kiss
Not available in Europe, UK and Canada, but in California. Interesting