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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training (news.ycombinator.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Dropbox removed ability to opt your files out of AI training::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago

But the comments below say they're not able to access the new page, even with the direct URL... It seems certain tiers of customers can't opt out. Possibly they can't be included in the first place (e.g. EU users), but it's a pretty big screw up to hide one's status on such an important privacy setting.