Dropbox has become a daily part of my life. I rely on it to synchronise data between my growing set of devices. But how much of an impact does it have on the security of my system? I decided to find out by digging around in exactly what it does to my machine, or more specifically, the processes running on it.
The first thing I want to check out is what modules are loaded into various processes. Tools like Dropbox like to extend the functionality of other programs using shell extensions, which are nothing...