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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 97 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Response from dropbox in that post: "Jumping in to clarify some confusion. The AI third-party toggle is only visible to users who have access to our AI features. If you don’t see the AI third-party toggle, then you can’t view or use Dropbox AI features. To reiterate, neither this nor any other setting automatically or passively sends any Dropbox customer data to a third-party AI service. Please see our Help Center article for a list of those with access to Dropbox AI features."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I don't know why I find it so surprising that Dropbox apparently has a Hacker News account, but I am mindblown that's a thing.

I thought HN would be way too niche for that to be a thing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Seeing dropbox is actually a ycombinator alumni it’s not that surprising 😄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you want a laugh, go back to their initial "Show HN" post. It made one person with the top comment rather infamous for being out of touch with his comment on "I could just rsync, why would I use this?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

For what it's worth, the reputation of the BrandonM comment on the Dropbox post is pretty overblown compared to what was actually written. The post highlighted some concerns that were legitimate in 2007. And the tone of the comments were supportive of dropbox -- the poster acknowledged the feedback and offered use cases that still would lean towards Dropbox, and BrandonM responded that they made sense and wished them luck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dropbox is pretty cool. (Don't mistake this as some weird astroturfing.) I remember hearing about their custom hardware on an episode of se-radio. Very fascinating stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Native Linux client is why I use them. That’s reasonably cool for a corporation in my book.