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Dropbox added folder to home directory

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Hi

Im using ubuntu 9.10 with dropbox. I just installed dropbox and i noticed the way it makes a folder in your home directory-is there a way of removing this folder but still use dropbox online? i just tried to delete it but a pop up came up saying that the folder is required for dropbox to function properly.

I want to remove this folder as im worried that it might pose as a avenue for a hacker attack-should i be concerned?

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Vikram Dhillon (dhillon-v10) said : 		#1

Nah, you should be fine. If you are using Ubuntu 9.10 there's a pretty
awesome utility already installed on your computer called Ubuntu one,
it gives you like a gig of online storage space and its pretty safe :D

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Vikram Dhillon

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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:44 PM, meow
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> New question #95702 on firefox in ubuntu:
> https://answers.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+question/95702
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> Hi
>
> Im using ubuntu 9.10 with dropbox. I just installed dropbox and i noticed the way it makes a folder in your home directory-is there a way of removing this folder but still use dropbox online? i just tried to delete it but a pop up came up saying that the folder is required for dropbox to function properly.
>
> I want to remove this folder as im worried that it might pose as a avenue for a hacker attack-should i be concerned?
>
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