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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 1022312" data-attributes="member: 55987">I doubt they decrypt but more likely checking against the hases before encrypting as explained below. So end-2-end encryption is still there (further below). If you share your own files like Word/Excel/pdf or your own made movies I doubt they can check for hases. I think it&#039;s more for copyrighted/pirated content. I believe paid Google Drive and other cloud providers have some sort of writing in their TOS regarding copyrighted/pirated content, unless otherwise stated or not stated. And if you have the intention to do that, my suggestion is you should avoid it.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.extremetech.com/computing/179495-how-dropbox-knows-youre-a-dirty-pirate-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-cloud-storage-to-share-copyrighted-files[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://help.dropbox.com/security/how-security-works[/URL]Quotes from above linkWhat does it really mean to look at your private files and folders, though? Does it mean that Dropbox looks as the file names and hashes, but not the contents?In short, there’s nothing stopping Dropbox from outing you as a scumbag copyright infringer — except, of course, the fact that it would very quickly lose the confidence of its users, which would then probably torpedo its entire business model.UnquoteBut Dropbox and Google Drive still surviving means they have not looked into your files despite holding the decryption key otherwise they would, as quote, &#039;very quickly lose the confidence of its users, which would then probably torpedo its entire business model&#039;. Or they are doing it stealthily without user knowledge.For this, I give Dropbox a thumb up <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />&nbsp; in fighting copyrighted/pirated contentThanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 1022312, member: 55987"] I doubt they decrypt but more likely checking against the hases before encrypting as explained below. So end-2-end encryption is still there (further below). If you share your own files like Word/Excel/pdf or your own made movies I doubt they can check for hases. I think it's more for copyrighted/pirated content. I believe paid Google Drive and other cloud providers have some sort of writing in their TOS regarding copyrighted/pirated content, unless otherwise stated or not stated. And if you have the intention to do that, my suggestion is you should avoid it. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.extremetech.com/computing/179495-how-dropbox-knows-youre-a-dirty-pirate-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-cloud-storage-to-share-copyrighted-files[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://help.dropbox.com/security/how-security-works[/URL] Quotes from above link What does it really mean to [I]look[/I] at your private files and folders, though? Does it mean that Dropbox looks as the file names and hashes, but not the contents? In short, there’s nothing stopping Dropbox from outing you as a scumbag copyright infringer — except, of course, the fact that it would very quickly lose the confidence of its users, which would then probably torpedo its entire business model. Unquote But Dropbox and Google Drive still surviving means they have not looked into your files despite holding the decryption key otherwise they would, as quote, 'very quickly lose the confidence of its users, which would then probably torpedo its entire business model'. Or they are doing it stealthily without user knowledge. For this, I give Dropbox a thumb up (y) in fighting copyrighted/pirated content Thanks [/QUOTE]

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