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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 in...
  • 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!