"Users of Microsoft Office Mobile, other apps should update "
I already updated - by moving everything to MS OneDrive.
IBM's security team has found an unsettling flaw that can leave the Dropbox accounts of mobile users wide open to snooping by attackers. The researchers spotted some sloppy coding in Dropbox's SDK Version 1.5.4 for Android. Applications that link to Dropbox accounts using the SDK may be vulnerable, owing to a flaw that can …
"for the nonce" (idiomatic) For the time being, with the expectation that the situation may change.
1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 16:
"For the nonce he was rather nonplussed but inasmuch as the duty plainly devolved upon him to take some measures on the subject he pondered suitable ways and means during which Stephen repeatedly yawned."
(from Wiktionary)
Those with a clue don't need too. One can own and control the server one syncs/dumps/stores data on (just don't use an off the shelf NAS or ISP owned cheapo router).
Consumers have no choice and consumers are most likely to not have understanding of what any of this means... Oooo that's easy I don't have to think. Here ya go take care of my privates.
And guess what, those that are making money from selling broken systems don't really give a shit providing the lawyers draft a EULA that admonishes them of responsibility
yes
Not so much scrabbling as trying to do too many things my tiny mind could cope with at once.
Just like those that promise.... the thing you pay for and just don't get.
The fact remains broken English aside I think I am right. Or does it please you to put your privates in the hands of someone you don't even know let alone trust? The consumer has no clue I really thought readers of The Register would. Perhaps I was down voted by pedants or cloud service providers
Yes, open is better.
The fact is, according to the article, that IBM have found a flaw in some code written by Dropbox for Android.
What we don't know is....
a) is the flaw also in the iOS SDK written by dropbox? It's hard to tell because the article doesn't seem to link to the research.
What we do know is....
b) The articles title was written with great care to suggest it was Android/Google who'd screwed up and let hackers get to your Dropbox data when it seems it was Dropbox themselves that did this.
c) This was also done by putting the word Android pretty much as close as possible to a word which in the UK means child molester.
What we can speculate is....
d) if Dropbox are sensible and the SDK code is as shared as much as possible between different platforms then there is a high chance all are suspect.
e) if the SDK code isn't as shared as possible then Dropbox are idiots.
What is blindingly obvious...
f) this has got absolutely NOTHING to do with open source.