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Dropbox has an OPT-OUT 'feature' that they've just implemented where any files that you upload to Dropbox for storage or sharing are automatically shared with OpenAI. They claim it is NOT for AI training. YAY?! But then why are they sharing it with the best-known AI company? Doesn't make sense.
Supposedly Dropbox is developing an AI-assisted cross-platform search feature that will let you search for stuff across Dropbox, Outlook email, etc. And this is in preparation for it. However, it is turned on by default. To turn it off, you have to sign on to Dropbox through a web browser and dig into your settings.
The Ars article has instructions and a link on how to deactivate it. Allegedly your data will be discarded before 30 days.
Myself, I stopped using Dropbox a couple of years ago when they capped the number of devices that could link to an account to three. While I liked the ease with which I could share links to a file, I didn't find it worth paying for when there were free options that also had file sharing.
An amusing thing about comments in the Ars article: the number of people closing their Dropbox accounts over this!
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/dropbox-spooks-users-by-sending-data-to-openai-for-ai-search-features/
Supposedly Dropbox is developing an AI-assisted cross-platform search feature that will let you search for stuff across Dropbox, Outlook email, etc. And this is in preparation for it. However, it is turned on by default. To turn it off, you have to sign on to Dropbox through a web browser and dig into your settings.
The Ars article has instructions and a link on how to deactivate it. Allegedly your data will be discarded before 30 days.
Myself, I stopped using Dropbox a couple of years ago when they capped the number of devices that could link to an account to three. While I liked the ease with which I could share links to a file, I didn't find it worth paying for when there were free options that also had file sharing.
An amusing thing about comments in the Ars article: the number of people closing their Dropbox accounts over this!
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/dropbox-spooks-users-by-sending-data-to-openai-for-ai-search-features/
