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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Literally the first sentence of your own source:

Dropbox has hidden third party AI settings, not disabled them

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago

But the comments below say they're not able to access the new page, even with the direct URL... It seems certain tiers of customers can't opt out. Possibly they can't be included in the first place (e.g. EU users), but it's a pretty big screw up to hide one's status on such an important privacy setting.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ok, so how do I as a user access these to change those settings please?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

If they're hiding them, chances are it's only going to get worse, not better.