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Dropbox just disclosed ~5,000 compromised accounts😬 (www.reuters.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Camila@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The interesting part is that it came through a legacy Lenovo ID authentication flow, not some crazy “encryption got broken” scenario.

Makes you wonder where the real weak point in cloud storage usually is — encryption, login, or third-party integrations?

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[–] kungen@feddit.nu 4 points 2 days ago

If you aren't the only one with the keys, it's basically unencrypted. Bake in your own encryption (rclone, cryptomator, etc), or treat it as unencrypted.