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I've seen others host images on Dropbox. Is there a way to find out the user hosting the file?
For example, if I post a Dropbox picture online, can any user find my name or username? Can link it to other uploads?
Thanks
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If you're using the cloud, like Dropbox or other cloud services we've covered, to share files, folders and more online, you can only be as anonymous as what you're sharing.
All files you store in Dropbox are private. Other people can't see and open those files unless you purposely share links to files or share folders with others.
Companies' IT departments aren't able to track when an employee accesses Dropbox to share files and are unable to control which employee devices are able to sync with a corporate computer. This practice, often called “shadow IT,” effectively locks the IT department out of the file-sharing activities of employees.
No. It's not possible to hide the members from one another. Shared folders are meant for collaboration. As such, information about whom you're collaborating with is shown to all members.
Dropbox links are obfuscated, meaning there is no way to tell the directory structure by looking at the link. Also, contents on the same folder might have name close to one another but their shared link will be different. For example:
So, there is no way to find link to other uploads (even in the same folder). Also, opening the shared link does not show any information about the host user. If viewer is logged in, it will show the viewer at the corner of the page.
However, the user might be exposed based on the metadata on the files that are uploaded. When user uploads a file, dropbox retains the metadata in that file. So, someone with the link can download the file (along with metadata) and find sensitive user information. For example, image files in these days contains information about the device, geolocation, time of modification etc. This does not give away the user account but can leak other information.
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