On 04/06/2011 13:10, RussellMc wrote:
> Is a photo that can be accessed by anyone who knows the link (as you now =
do).
> But without that knowledge, how would you be able to access a files
> with such a complex name?
Continuing on my "devil's advocate" regarding such services...

Perhaps if you know a few names you can expose the algorthim and have=20
the computer "guess"?

Some sites are not using secure unguessable URLs. I don't know which=20
category Dropbox is in.

Unless the URL generation is for all effective purposes random, a=20
"security by obscurity" will fail when enough URLs are exposed.


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