Dropbox bug restored files that were deleted years ago

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3 pointsmanigandham4 comments

>I installed dropbox earlier tonight and I allowed it to do a full sync with my local folder. When I checked it out as it was close to finishing I found 2 extra folders in there.

>They are so old I initially didn't even recognize them. Took me a couple of minutes to realize they're a couple of folders with project files from about 6-7 years ago, so extremely old.

Whoops?

What are you trying to say?

That Dropbox retains data far longer than what can be considered reasonable. It's in the headline, of course, but I think that quote highlights the severity of it quite well.

Stated in the thread several times but I had files from 8 years ago appear. All of my devices had been replaced in that time so only Dropbox could have a copy. Definitely concerning that they keep files forever like this, I wonder if it would be caught if this bug didnt happen.

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