THIS is the first time I read about this bug. How incredible is that not to tell your users about that? But okay, if at all I expect it from dropbox. It's already the second time they don't care about their promise so much (at least towards me). I will quit them just now.
But to not say just bad things: This kind of info here on HN is so very much important. That is exactly why I read here, to read what I can't read anywhere else.
I got an email notification from Dropbox on June 23rd as follows:
Hi Lance,
On June 19, 2011, we had a software bug that caused authentication issues. You can read more about it in our blog post. Our records show that your account wasn't improperly logged into during this time.
We are writing to you because one or more users you share a Dropbox folder with logged into their account during that period. We have no reason to believe that the login was improper, but in the unlikely event it was, there could have been access to the information in the following shared folder:
foldername
We are very sorry as this never should have happened. We are implementing additional safeguards to prevent this from happening again. If you have any questions please contact us at support@dropbox.com
But to not say just bad things: This kind of info here on HN is so very much important. That is exactly why I read here, to read what I can't read anywhere else.