Year archive

Dropbox in 1986

1 documented issue from 1986 — most severe first.

All years 2001

1986 in review

1 documented issue in 1986, concentrated in privacy & encryption concerns. The most serious was The Stored Communications Act: subscriber data on a subpoena, files on a warrant.

1986 (governs Dropbox today)2 sources

Medium

The Stored Communications Act: subscriber data on a subpoena, files on a warrant

Under the 1986 Stored Communications Act, US law enforcement can obtain a Dropbox user's basic subscriber records with a subpoena, account usage records with a court order, and the actual contents of their files with a search warrant — a tiered framework Dropbox publishes in its own guidelines.

Privacy & Encryption ConcernsGovernment Access & Surveillance

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