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Thinker3932's avatar
Thinker3932
New member | Level 2
6 years ago

Why does Dropbox have access to info from my Google account?

So I just used Google to sign into dropbox and it claims I just gave access to all of my Google Account.  How is this possible?  Using Google to authenticate should be a one-way street.   I wasn't intending to let Dropbox see my gmail, contacts, google drive, etc.

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  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
    6 years ago
    Hey again, Thinker3932.
     
    I’ll make sure to pass your comments along to our dev team regarding this, I understand how you would want to keep certain data separate while being able to simply use your Google account to only sign into Dropbox. 
     
    At the moment the integration is made with these permissions to allow easy integration with Dropbox so that you can use the two together seamlessly. However to do so, it does mean that there are certain permissions need to be given. 
     
    If you do choose to disconnect the two, please let me know if you have any troubles or other questions about this and I’d be more than happy to help with this.
     
    Have a great weekend ahead!
  • Daphne's avatar
    Daphne
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    6 years ago
    Hey there, Thinker3932.
     
    When you connected your Google account, it will have needed permission to give access to that info to proceed with using your Google account to sign into Dropbox.
     
    If you want to remove this, as you mentioned that you don’t want Dropbox to be able to access this info, you can go to the Connected app page in your account settings and choose to disconnect Google.
     
    Let me know if you have any other questions - Thanks!
    • Thinker3932's avatar
      Thinker3932
      New member | Level 2
      6 years ago

      Dropbox does not need access to all my contacts, emails and driove contents to allow Google authentication to work.  Google authentication can be used without me giving up private information.

      • Daphne's avatar
        Daphne
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        6 years ago
        Hey again, Thinker3932.
         
        I’ll make sure to pass your comments along to our dev team regarding this, I understand how you would want to keep certain data separate while being able to simply use your Google account to only sign into Dropbox. 
         
        At the moment the integration is made with these permissions to allow easy integration with Dropbox so that you can use the two together seamlessly. However to do so, it does mean that there are certain permissions need to be given. 
         
        If you do choose to disconnect the two, please let me know if you have any troubles or other questions about this and I’d be more than happy to help with this.
         
        Have a great weekend ahead!
  • Feemoodu's avatar
    Feemoodu
    New member | Level 2
    5 years ago
    I just signed in via my google account for the first time and realised that I gave permission for Dropbox to download my contacts. Which I am not comfortable with. How can I revoke this? Am I too late? Is this not a breach of privacy, even if I did click ok?
    • Daphne's avatar
      Daphne
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      5 years ago

      Hey Feemoodu, I hope you're well today!

       

      I've just moved your post here so that I can ask you to check out the posts in this thread when you have the chance.

       

      If you have any questions, please let me know.

       

      Thanks!

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