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mrpdaemon / encdroid

Encdroid is an Android application for accessing EncFS volumes on cloud storage
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Add preference for APP_FOLDER access instead of DROPBOX #28

Open skarcha opened 11 years ago

skarcha commented 11 years ago

Sorry, I don't get it, but what's the reason for the App should have full Dropbox access? I would like to grant access to a folder only.

mrpdaemon commented 11 years ago

The reason for full access is to be able to import existing volumes that are in other folders - I had encfs volumes on my Dropbox even before I started implementing/using Encdroid. BTW, I'm not sure whether app folder contents are visible to other Dropbox clients, so the use case of sharing the encfs volumes with other encfs implementation (mounting on your desktop PC for example) wouldn't work.

But I agree that your request is reasonable for privacy reasons if your use case is satisfied with APP_FOLDER only. How about a preference that lets you choose the dropbox access mode?

skarcha commented 11 years ago

Ok, understood. If other clients will not be able to access then it's a good reason to have full access. Anyway, for privacy reasons, the idea of a preference is right for me. Perfect!

Thanks for your great support and keep up the good work... ;)