Dropbox
Jul 31, 2019 | 6:58 pm
#1
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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?
Jul 31, 2019 | 7:11 pm
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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?
Jul 31, 2019 | 7:23 pm
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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.
Aug 1, 2019 | 5:58 am
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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.
Aug 1, 2019 | 10:54 pm
#6
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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.
Aug 1, 2019 | 11:09 pm
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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).
Aug 2, 2019 | 1:12 am
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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.
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,
Aug 2, 2019 | 10:27 am
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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.
Aug 6, 2019 | 3:44 pm
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'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.