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Are Dropbox and Adobe Acrobat (Document Cloud) supposed to be syncing?
I opened a Dropbox file in Adobe Acrobat Premium and later discovered Dropbox has (quietly) given Adobe Acrobat Premium read/write access to my entire Dropbox folder hierarchy. Every Dropbox file has...
Hi Jay,
Thank you for the response. Apparently I've been using Dropbox/Adobe Integration without knowing what it entailed:
https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/third-party/adobe-partnership#pay
Based on my chat with Dropbox support, the way this integration has been implemented, when I use Adobe to edit a Dropbox pdf file, Adobe gets access not only to a copy of that file, but to the entire Dropbox folder structure.
When I gave Adobe Acrobat Reader access to files and folders in my Dropbox, I thought that would be on a file-by-file basis, and read-only; instead, Dropbox has given read-write access to EVERY file. Adobe has in the past had security breaches and Dropbox giving Adobe access to all my Dropbox files on the Dropbox server is a security risk. I think this integration should instead have been implemented by transferring a single file back and forth between Dropbox and Adobe.
Thanks,
Neil
PS. BTW, thanks for the link you provided. It showed that Adobe Acrobat Reader was still connected to my Dropbox account. I disconnected it. I also removed the connection on my iPhone. I still need to figure out how to reorganize pdf files (e.g. remove blank lines and perhaps do OCR) without using Adobe/Dropbox Integration.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi NBF, thanks for messaging the Community!
It sounds like the Dropbox service could have been connected, or was already connected to your Adobe account, which could lead to this behavior.
You can see all services that have connections to your Dropbox account from here.
If you don’t want your Adobe account to be connected, you can remove the connection, and confirm it was removed inside the Adobe app
Let me know how it goes!
Jay,
I posted a response, but it was tagged for moderation and has yet to appear.
Neil
- Jay
Thanks for the message, I can see the reply now that it was moderated.
I'm glad to hear we were able to determine why this occurred.
To answer your query, you could try exporting files to Adobe to see if it can scan/OCR your document for you. There is also a built-in scanner in the Dropbox mobile app which does the OCR for you, assuming you're on a paid plan.
