Dropbox tackles security fears surrounding its Mac app

Dropbox has already raised some eyebrows over its requests for ever-deeper access to your computer, and recent discoveries aren’t helping things much. Users now claim that Dropbox’s Mac app asks for overly broad permissions, swipes your password and even hacks the operating system. The cloud storage service denies the claims and is trying to allay those fears, though. Desktop app team member Ben Newhouse has responded to concerns on Hacker News with both an explanation of design decisions and a promise to improve its transparency.