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Uncle Nonny Jul 31, 2019 6:58 pm

Dropbox
 
Yup, Dropbox. I have quite a complex trip coming up involving multiple airlines, traveling to more than a handful of countries and stays at more than a few properties. I've put all the info on my Dropbox along with my visas and passports. My thought is to be able to access the info no matter if I lose my hard copies, laptop, or phone (as well as my wife having access). Any downside to this?

gfunkdave Jul 31, 2019 7:02 pm

Depends if you agree on their using the data as per their terms and conditions.

Ensure you you have a strong unique password on the account.

What else are are you worried about?

Jaimito Cartero Jul 31, 2019 7:11 pm


Originally Posted by Uncle Nonny (Post 31365278)
Yup, Dropbox. I have quite a complex trip coming up involving multiple airlines, traveling to more than a handful of countries and stays at more than a few properties. I've put all the info on my Dropbox along with my visas and passports. My thought is to be able to access the info no matter if I lose my hard copies, laptop, or phone (as well as my wife having access). Any downside to this?

I just save a pdf, or image of the itins to my cloud based image service. You could email yourself a copy, too. I have Dropbox, but rarely use it.

Uncle Nonny Jul 31, 2019 7:23 pm


Originally Posted by gfunkdave (Post 31365288)
Depends if you agree on their using the data as per their terms and conditions.

Ensure you you have a strong unique password on the account.

What else are are you worried about?

Not worried. I just asked if there was a downside. Couldn't see one myself but I'm not the techiest chap in the land. Seems an simple solution should something go terribly wrong.

lhrsfo Aug 1, 2019 5:58 am

As a non techy, I love Dropbox. It just works unlike so many of the other similar types of things which are too complicated. The one downside of which I am aware is that if you (or someone who has stolen your laptop) alter or delete a file, then it remains altered or deleted - you don't get the opportunity to get it back.

cblaisd Aug 1, 2019 10:54 pm

I would use Google Drive instead, particularly because you can keep current and previous versions of files, plus it has two-factor authentication option (I don't know if Dropbox does). But YMMV: I personally find Dropbox confusing to use especially when people want to "share" folders with me.

docbert Aug 1, 2019 11:09 pm


Originally Posted by Uncle Nonny (Post 31365278)
I've put all the info on my Dropbox along with my visas and passports. My thought is to be able to access the info no matter if I lose my hard copies, laptop, or phone (as well as my wife having access). Any downside to this?

I've been doing this for about 10 years. To date I've never had to use it in anger, but I've yet to find a downside.
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Originally Posted by lhrsfo (Post 31366463)
The one downside of which I am aware is that if you (or someone who has stolen your laptop) alter or delete a file, then it remains altered or deleted - you don't get the opportunity to get it back.

Nope. 30 day history for all files (more with the paid versions), plus they now have the ability to "Rewind" back to a date to bulk-revert files in the case of something like you described.


Originally Posted by cblaisd (Post 31369517)
plus it has two-factor authentication option (I don't know if Dropbox does).

It does. If you were just using it for an emergency repository then it would be an interesting decision as to whether to use 2FA (and thus make it harder to access in an emergency, when you might have also lost your phone/2FA backup codes/etc), or not to use 2FA (making it less secure).

DYKWIA Aug 2, 2019 1:12 am


Originally Posted by cblaisd (Post 31369517)
I would use Google Drive instead, particularly because you can keep current and previous versions of files, plus it has two-factor authentication option (I don't know if Dropbox does). But YMMV: I personally find Dropbox confusing to use especially when people want to "share" folders with me.

Dropbox has version history for 30 days by default (I think it's more on the business tier). 2FA has been around for a few years.

I actually tried to move from Dropbox to Google Drive last year to save a bit of money. However, Google Drive was just too flaky, and I found it didn't actually synchronise properly a lot of the time (I was using the Mac version). Dropbox has been rock-solid for me,

antichef Aug 2, 2019 10:27 am

If you have your own email details that you could log into from any device then you could also just save all the details as an email in "draft". Then you could log in and access it. Can be done with hotmail/gmail etc and others.

678flyer Aug 4, 2019 3:02 am

Dropbox also has offline access for files.

Cerberus Aug 5, 2019 8:26 pm

Dropbox security isn’t the greatest. Look into Sync.

docbert Aug 5, 2019 9:51 pm


Originally Posted by Cerberus (Post 31383700)
Dropbox security isn’t the greatest.

Do you have any references to back up that statement?

PackingIt Aug 6, 2019 3:44 pm

'Isn't the greatest' is very subjective. Dropbox is not end to end encrypted. Theoretically a Dropbox employee could access your data. If you worry about anyone seeing your data, there are services like Boxcryptor that will add that true e2e encryption using your favorite cloud provider. Do I worry that someone can hack into my Dropbox account due to poor security by Dropbox? No.


Originally Posted by docbert (Post 31383880)
Do you have any references to back up that statement?


WanXuan Aug 6, 2019 10:01 pm


Originally Posted by Cerberus (Post 31383700)
Dropbox security isn’t the greatest. Look into Sync.

Completely agree with you.

PackingIt Aug 6, 2019 11:04 pm

Does Sync work well?


Originally Posted by Cerberus (Post 31383700)
Dropbox security isn’t the greatest. Look into Sync.



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