You don’t even have to be a registered user of the service to access a shared link. For instance, when a user creates a shareable link on Dropbox or Box, anyone with that link can access the data. Many cloud data storage services provide users with a method to share links with others. Here’s how I described the vulnerability at the time: Intralinks found when running Google Adwords campaigns that it was receiving links to tax returns, financial records, mortgage applications and business plans stored on Dropbox. ![]() The issue was stumbled across by rival file-sharing service Intralinks, which focuses on the enterprise market. Readers with good memories will recall a worrying privacy hole was found in Dropbox after publicly accessible links to private personal information stored on the service leaked out to unauthorised users.
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