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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)
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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

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[–] extant@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

If you aren't aware rclone makes it easy to backup (copy) or sync files to different cloud providers like Dropbox and you can setup encryption very easily so you can continue using Dropbox since it does have pretty good value for the price even though they've shown they aren't trustworthy.

https://rclone.org/dropbox/ https://rclone.org/crypt/ https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_copy/ https://rclone.org/commands/rclone_sync/