Many began to use it to store configs, passwords (naturally protected), and others.
But I am interested in the question of trust and one more question: if I delete the Dropbox folder on my computer, what will happen? Will those 2 gig and they have on the server? That is, if my screw crashes and all data flies, will they remain in the cloud?

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    Due to the fact that a copy of data is stored in the cloud, they will not be lost. The initial task of this service was to back up information online. That is, to be able to restore it in case of damage or loss.

    Files are stored on the server even if you delete them from yourself. (Although it is possible to remove them completely)

    As for reliability and protection from unauthorized access, I don’t know for sure. But judging by the description - the approach there is quite serious. ( How secure is Dropbox? )

      When storing data on a cloud server, you lose control over your data. If you store a backup of music, pictures, videos in Dropbox, you can trust. But storing passwords from everything where you don’t have physical access is considered childish.

      • Passwords must be stored in one place. In the head! - Jakeroid
      • qwerty is power! but if from 30 characters? I keep them in keepass under one password, and there are different passwords in it without repeating - tukan

      DropBox client copies files to the server. If you just remove the program data will remain on the server. Moreover DropBox stores different versions of files. I don’t know about trust, I don’t think that they are browsing all the files in the hope of finding something valuable. Moreover, Amazon servers the cloud, so this is a question for them, DropBox is just a service. As for the application, people often use the service for storing data of games, browsers, etc.

        If paranoia is torturing, then encrypt all the files that will be uploaded there. GnuPG is a good choice. And then no questions of this kind will arise. Regarding trust, I will say such a thing, that when you enter a password in the registration window on any server, you automatically trust the password to it, despite the fact that the password is not stored in the open form on the server. But a situation of resource compromise is possible. And, considering that the password combination for many people on different resources is the same - you can fuck "identity theft" ;-)

        That is, if my screw crashes and all data flies, will they remain in the cloud?

        Definitely. There is even such a joke that many online services even save user data when the user deletes them from there. Those. there is a hidden copy. Again - a matter of trust.