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James K.26's avatar
James K.26
New member | Level 1
3 days ago

Enhancing security for Dropbox folders on shared macOS systems

Dear Dropbox Team, This post is to express a security concern regarding the recent update that mandates the Dropbox folder's location at /Users/[username]/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox on macOS syst...
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Walter's avatar
Walter
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6 hours ago

Hi there James K.26 - thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts on this with us.

I've passed your feedback on to the team and you can let us know if you have anything else to add.

As for the encrypted drives in your first point, you can take a look here. 

I hope this helps a tad!

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