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		sp332 on July 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies ... If the dropbox program is running under your user account, it has the same permissions you do. Unless you're on Linux and have restricted it via AppArmor.

mike-cardwell on July 18, 2014 [–]

Even with AppArmor in place, it still has access to read every key you press in any other X11 app. Here's how I lock down Dropbox on my system:

https://grepular.com/Protecting_Your_GNU_Linux_System_from_D...

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