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When I share a link to a folder, the user can create a folder and upload photos to it?

As per title. I had thought sharing a link to folder only permited view and download only. But several times when I have shared a link, the other person has been able to create a subfolder within that folder and upload photos to it. Does this mean they can also view files/folders outside of the folder I shared the link to?

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maher1982

No they can't view files or folders outside of the specific folder you shared unless you've explicitly granted them access to other areas of your files storage.

Mark

Dropbox launched a 'trial' which allowed people who were sent shared links to add to Dropbox and it defaulted to a typical Shared Folder set up (even though thats obviously not what was intended). This meant they could read/write/create folders etc. within those links.

However, they have now stopped this and links work again as they should have before - read write only.

And no, thankfully, they cannot/couldnt see files elsewhere.