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Comment by jacobian | Hacker News Reader

Slick. I can see myself using this frequently.

I have a couple questions/comments:

- It's not exactly "secure", right? AirDropper has access to my file while it's "in transit" so AirDropper's really only "secure" if I trust AirDropper. You could, for example, be keeping a copy of everyone's files. So who are you, and why should I trust you?

- When I linked my Dropbox account I just gave you full access to my whole Dropbox. Ugh. Is there a way you can just get access to the directory in question?

These seem like obvious new user questions so you might want to add an FAQ, perhaps.

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I understand the concern. All traffic from your computer to AirDropper and from AirDropper to Dropbox is SSLed. We actually don't have full access to your Dropbox account, just a sandboxed folder we create called AirDropper. We don't plan on expanding beyond sandbox access. We don't keep any copies of files you send or receive, though we do technically have access to them as long as their stored in the AirDropper folder in your Dropbox. You can deauthorize the app anytime on Dropbox.com.

As far as who's behind AirDropper, my name is Jesse Lamb and my co-founder is Nick Stamas. I'm a Florida attorney that works with tech companies on business formations, contracts, and intellectual property. I also blog at http://www.notmylawyer.com, which has been on the front page of HN a few times. Nick is a designer/developer who just moved to NYC. We've known each other our whole lives and we've been on various teams together for the past 6 years. The name of our company is Gruntverk, LLC. We don't have a site for the company yet, but our information is on file with Florida's Division of Corporations.

A FAQ is a great idea, and I really appreciate you bringing these issues up.

Thanks!

Thanks a bunch, Jesse -- I really appreciate you taking the time to answer in such detail!

Like I said, it's slick app and I totally see myself using it, so this is just icing on the cake.

Of course! Your feedback is gold. Thank you so much for it.

I would like to see these questions answered as well before I use the service.

However, apart from the privacy/security concerns I can see this service having a lot of potential.

Thanks! Let me know if my response to jacobian covers all your questions.

IIRC, you can make self-extracting password-protected encrypted archives. That solves the security question.

Great point. Yeah, just like with Dropbox you can always bring your own file-level encryption.

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