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What exactly is Dropbox?

- Dropbox runs in the background on your desktop.
- Sync your files automatically to your computers and the web.
- Sign in and access your files from any browser or mobile device.
- Sharing files with your friends and family is just two clicks away.
- View your photos in a gallery and share them easily with anyone.

Dropbox allows you to store up to 2 GB free of charge. Dropbox reserves the right to terminate Free Accounts at any time, with or without notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Free Account is inactive for ninety (90) days, then Dropbox may delete any or all of Your Files without providing additional notice.

So, what do people use Dropbox for? We have people sharing documents between their colleagues at work, grandparents sharing pictures of their grandkids with the rest of their family, and students utilizing our versioning feature for projects. The possibilities are really only limited by imagination and, well… bandwidth. The team at Dropbox continues to be amazed at how many of our users find new and novel ways of… thinking outside the (Drop)box. Sorry, couldn’t resist.

Here are a few uses that we found particularly cool:

- Several of our users use Dropbox to synchronize chat logs (for MSN, AIM, etc.) across all computers of an account.

- One user set up his webcam to record video once motion is detected, with the resulting file being dumped into his Dropbox. He uses this combination as a security system of sorts when he’s out of town.

- Other users have managed to add some convenience to their work routine by routing incoming faxes to their Dropbox folders.

- Some of our more hardcore gamers have used Dropbox to synchronize their mods and customizations for games like World of Warcraft.

- We’ve even had some people run full websites out of their public directory, making uploading updates to FTP servers a thing of the past.

There are still tons of uses that haven’t been explored yet, and we’re anxious to see what else Dropbox can be used for.

My first concerns are about security: I must consider the possibility that the app running in the background can and may access my (private) data and do who knows what else.

Maybe I will feel more secure if I ran the Dropbox app under a newly-created NT account and modifed the NTFS permissions to allow that account access to ONLY the local Dropbox folder (and the system ones it needs in order to run) so that the app is locked down from ALL other drives and folders?

What do y'all think?

If you've a free account you can get some more space (250 MB) by invite your friends.

Here's my invitation for you:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTEzOTEzMjE5

And this is the link to the portable:
http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=7729

One interesting point for some of you:
The latest versions can sync the dropbox very fast over your lan.

have a nice day.

Thanks for registering for Dropbox! For accepting Rainer Friebel's invitation, we've awarded you 250 MB of bonus space. You now have a total of 2.25 GB on Dropbox!

Excellent thanks/