{"id":9577,"date":"2017-04-06T11:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/?p=9577"},"modified":"2017-04-05T16:18:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T21:18:58","slug":"dropbox-bug-restores-long-deleted-files-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/dropbox-bug-restores-long-deleted-files-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropbox Bug Restores Long-Deleted Files to Users"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of us believe that once we\u2019ve deleted a file, it\u2019s difficult (or even impossible) to retrieve it. Sure, we can look in the trash, but after a period of time, the file will be irretrievable from there, too. But the popular file storage website, Dropbox \u2014 a useful system that is highly recommended \u2014 shows that you\u2019ll never know when ancient history will crop back up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dropbox proved that once a file is deleted \u2014 even a file that was deleted years ago, is in fact \u2014 not always lost. Instead, Dropbox users recently got a serious blast from the past when files they had deleted as long ago as 2009 returned to their Dropbox accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Read More: <\/b>The Benefits of Dropbox for Your Android<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

Certainly, the return of these files was a surprise to users. Like many other programs, Dropbox hangs onto users\u2019 deleted files for 30 days in case users make mistakes in deleting the documents. After that, the files return to the Internet ether, never to be found again.<\/span><\/p>\n

At first, users and Dropbox employees didn\u2019t know what was going on. Users worried that their accounts had been hacked again, like they were in 2012. If you\u2019ll recall, 68 million Dropbox users had their emails and passwords hacked five years ago. With these new files returned to their accounts, users worried that their information had, again, been breached. <\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily, the retrieved files didn\u2019t have anything to do with hacking. Dropbox hadn\u2019t really been deleting users\u2019 files after 30 days. Instead, a bug had been preventing the final purge of these files for nearly eight years. Astonishing, right? How is it possible for a bug to manipulate a website unnoticed for that length of time? According to a Dropbox employee who posted on the forum discussing the returned files, the company was attempting to fix the bug when they mistakenly returned the files and folders back to users\u2019 accounts. No hackers were involved, the employee said; it was simply the company\u2019s mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n

Going forward, Dropbox promises to permanently remove deleted files from their server 60 days after users delete them, instead of the current 30 days. If you were affected by the Dropbox file returns, you may be excited to see some of your old files again. Nonetheless, if you had deleted files returned to you that you don\u2019t want to keep, you should be able to delete them for good this time \u2014 they won\u2019t be returned to you. Additionally, your quotas won\u2019t be affected by the returned files, either.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Think your deleted files are gone for good? Dropbox\u2019s recent bug proved this to be false. Dropbox was able to retrieve files that users deleted years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3344,2525,2601],"class_list":["post-9577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-privacy","tag-bug","tag-dropbox","tag-files"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psafe.com\/en\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}