How Dropbox hacks your mac

Please use the direct link to the article instead: http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/07/28/revealing-dropboxs-dir...

This is also a dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12457067

Confusing and unnecessary.

What features does Dropbox actually use that requires it to have this level of access? The author didn't go into detail.

This is a link to the premii HN client pointing to a HN thread about the original article.