Ho installato Dropbox oggi su Mojave e nelle impostazioni c'è qualcosa che riguarda accessibilità che non avevo mai visto prima. L'immagine segue.
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Why does Dropbox want to turn on accessibility?
Accessibility is an Apple setting that allows applications on your Mac to interact with other applications. For example, it allows the Dropbox badge to work in non-Dropbox applications.
If you don’t turn on accessibility, you won’t get access to Dropbox features like:
- The Dropbox badge
- Seeing who’s viewed your files
- Better prioritization for file syncing
Ulteriori informazioni dal Centro assistenza Dropbox:
Ho trovato una risposta nel forum della community di Dropbox. Un utente ha inviato un ticket a Dropbox chiedendo di questo e ha inviato la risposta lì. Secondo la risposta, Dropbox ha bisogno di controllare il computer per mantenere i nostri dati al sicuro. Sto copiando sia il biglietto che la risposta qui.
Ticket #3172481: DB: Dropbox app listed under "Allow the apps below to control your computer". I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation why Dropbox needs permission to control Mac computers, I'd just quite like to know what it is.Thank you for writing in regarding the security of your account information. I can certainly understand you wanting to ensure the security of data you have entrusted to Dropbox. I will be happy to explain the measures taken by Dropbox to ensure the security of everyone's account.
Permission to control the computer is just another way of saying that there are certain system permissions Dropbox needs to function, and many of those permissions are to establish secure connections in order to protect the data contained within your Dropbox folders.
Operating system permissions prevent files from being viewed or edited by unauthorized logins. Permissions can be set any number of ways and can be restored manually through a fairly simple process.
Another possible cause of issues with Dropbox arise when conflicts exist between your local network sharing or folder redirection preferences setup in folders or files within your Dropbox. Similar effects can also happen when your Dropbox folder or its system files are located in a mounted network drive or a remote location (like roaming profiles) since this could cause Dropbox to not have constant access or permissions to operate in those locations. This is especially an issue if other people in the network could be accessing the same data. For these reasons, I'd suggest that you ensure that your setup does not include any of the above scenarios.
Additional permissions my be required when syncing mobile devices, particularly when photos or photo albums are involved. Since there is a great deal of personally identifying information stored in the metadata for a photo file (yes, people can find you if they know how to decrypt this metadata), some of the additional permissions required for our Carousel app, for example, include:
iOS
-Contacts -Photos -Camera -Notifications -Background App Refresh -Use Cellular Data
Android
-In-app purchases -Device & app history -Identity -Contacts/Calendar -Photos/Media/Files -Camera/Microphone -Wi-Fi connection information -Device ID & call information
Facebook does not offer a large amount of granularity or retroactive permissions control, so we need to request all the permissions we need or even may need in the future.
I want to reiterate the point that all these steps are taken in order to prevent access to your data, not to facilitate access to your data. Dropbox takes great pride in being a company worth of the trust of our users, and we would never ask you to allow us access with the intent of violating that trust.
I hope this helps clarify our account security measures regarding permissions. Thank you so much for using Dropbox, and please let me know if there's anything else I can help with.
Un altro utente ha posto le seguenti domande pertinenti, ma non ha mai avuto risposte per quelle almeno non in quella discussione.
"(...) why the need to give up access across the board as opposed to an as needed basis? (...) It's hard for me to grasp why giving up OS level access to data that Dropbox doesn't need for our use, makes our data safer? (...) Syncing data for example seems to work fine without the permissions checked. What am I missing? I'm not trying to be combative; just hoping to get a better understanding. (...)"
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