DropboxReviews 210

Dropping two stars for honesty. Dropbox creates contact lists from your email contacts without asking your permission. When you use Dropbox's "Invite by email" widget to invite friends, Dropbox keeps the email addresses as a contact list within your Dropbox account. When you go to share a folder and begin typing a name, several names from your email contacts appear. Dropbox does not allow you to remove those names, even if most are people with whom you would never share. Don't type too fast when sharing!

This is an amazing service that I use constantly! It's a sort of file-storage system. You get 2gig free, (but you can get additional free storage for referring friends). It has drag and drop capability, and even has apps for Android and iOS.

The best thing about it, is that you can choose a file, then send a link for someone to download it. This is really handy if you need to share large files that won't send by email. You can also share folders, although I do not like to do this, (my friend shoved a bunch of stuff in there that just ate up the space).

Trust me, once you start using it, you won't know how you did without it!

Drop-box is well-designed and an encrypted service. In total - anyone can add up to 8GB of free storage. This is large compared to most other services that offer free secure online storage. The biggest benefit about having online storage is that when your computer decides to retire, or you accidentally delete something, you have this backed up on a secure server. Just as simple as 1... 2... 3 to recover it!

BUT - here comes the down side. I recommend that no one store personally identifiable information with this service. This includes email addresses, phone numbers, street information or even your medical information. Basically anything you don't want the world to see, don't put on Drop-box. I say this because their recently was a depute over their privacy policy how they were promising more than they can deliver. Their privacy policy was in fact promising more then they could deliver. For example, it was said that when under investigation they unencrypted all your files. This means anyone in the world can see your unencrypted files and publicly release it. The last thing you want is your entire medical history posted over the internet. So - overall - my warning is not to trust this service with personal information. I would recommend VeriSign PIP for that sort of information.

Dropbox has become a very valuable tool for working on line with my Blog. It keeps my e-mail box open for e-mails without concern of having to wait for large attachment downloads. Everything is neatly stored in everyone's folder with whom I share files on a regular basis. This is a collaborators dream tool for your computer. The ability to use it right from your desktop is also a nice feature not having to go out on line to a website. Also the convenience of not having to carry a flash drive is also a perk when sharing files between your desktop and laptop. 500 Stars!

Drop Box was favorably reviewed by some big players such as PC Mag and CNET. That caught my attention, but what really pushed me over the edge was that my university (U of Hawaii) recommended it to students and faculty as a primary method of file sharing. It works very well and simply. My boss set it up on her computers by herself, and she is "computer illiterate," so I believe that it is simple enough for anyone to use.

They do not seem to sell your email. They generally do not send unsolicited emails, though they do send you a reminder after 30 days or so of no use.

I have not used the payed option, so I cannot comment on how they handle credit cards transactions, but they generally seem to be trustworthy.

In my opinion, DropBox is currently it is the best simple application of its kind out there. I highly recommend it.

I love dropbox, it took a friend of mine recommending it for some time before I actually signed up, but now that I use it, it's value prop is clear to me. Online storage with the simplicity of drag/drop into another native PC/Mac folder (except the folder is in the cloud). You get 2GB free, and 250MB free if you are referred to the site by a user. Also, once you sign up, you get another 250MB free everytime you refer someone else (up to 8 more GB free).

As a user, you can put any type of doc in your dropbox folders, create subfolders, etc. So now you can access your files from any computer you own, or even ones that aren't yours (by going to dropbox.com and accessing your stuff via a browser). You can also share folders with people, which make it great if you and your friends want to introduce each other to new music, movies, apps.

On the subject of apps, both IOS and Android have great dropbox apps, where you can stream music (I havent tried movies) on your phones music player(s). Android also allows you to download the songs in your dropbox folders to your phone (Apple, of course, does not allow this).

All in all, great concept; love the site and software, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is computer literate, likes "stuff," and is between the ages of 3-149.