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cdccdc's avatar
cdccdc
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

How to give someone else access to my dropbox

Can I give someone else acces to my account without sharing folders or links? in other words give that person a second login to my dropbox? (without them having necessarily a dropbox account of their own) 

  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    6 years ago

    DO NOT SHARE YOUR PASSWORD WITH THEM!!!!

    Doing that effectively makes them the owner of the account, the same as you, and allows them to do ANYTHING they want with it - delete it, change password, change the email etc. and if they do YOU HAVE NO COME BACK as you permitted it by giving them the details. 

    The only SAFE way to do this is via Shared Folders.

  • Anselmou's avatar
    Anselmou
    Helpful | Level 5

    [edited by moderator]

    This is bad advice so I have completely deleted it. Apologies to Mark and Rich.

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    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

      DO NOT SHARE YOUR PASSWORD WITH THEM!!!!

      Doing that effectively makes them the owner of the account, the same as you, and allows them to do ANYTHING they want with it - delete it, change password, change the email etc. and if they do YOU HAVE NO COME BACK as you permitted it by giving them the details. 

      The only SAFE way to do this is via Shared Folders.

      • Anselmou's avatar
        Anselmou
        Helpful | Level 5

        Obviously, I wouldn't do it with people you don't trust entirely. Never with strangers.