New developer guide and branding guidelines published
8 days to DBX!
Live webinar tomorrow: Dropbox + Xamarin
Dropbox at developer events in November
Preventing cross-site attacks using same-site cookies
How Dropbox securely stores your passwords
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[CSP] Third Party Integrations and Privilege Separation
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[CSP] The Unexpected Eval
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[CSP] On Reporting and Filtering
Dropbox Bug Bounty Program: Best Practices
The History of the URL
January 11th, 1982, 22 computer scientists met to discuss an issue with ‘computer mail’ (now known as email).
The Slideout Footer
A fascinating new site called The Markup just launched. Tagline: Big Tech Is Watching You. We’re Watching Big Tech. Great work from Upstatement. The
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Going Beyond Black History Month
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Make Your Test Fail
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2019 Transparency Report
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GitHub partners with HackYourFuture
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