The danger of using ones Dropbox for posting images here

[baz]

I have at times used my Dropbox public folder to post images in this forum, as it's a very easy thing for me to do.

However, about 2 weeks ago my Dropbox account was suspended due to it exceeding the 20GB data traffic per day for a non-business account. A Dropbox business account has some 200GB per day allotment. As this was my very first suspension Dropbox allowed me to rescind this suspension.

Using the Dropbox Public folder means that it's quite easy for many downloads to be occurring, especially if the Public folder's image link is shared by others around the world.

So as a FYI, if you are using Dropbox Public folder be aware of this situation.

P.S. I tried finding a Dropbox option that allows me to set an expiration date/time for a particular file, but was unable to find it. If you know of a way to place an expiration date/time on a Dropbox file such that it goes poof/deleted at some point in the future I'd be interested in knowing how that's done. Thanks... 🙂

 

[walldog]

I do not believe that Google with its Picasa Web Albums has such a limitation. That is what I use. You have unlimited storage capacity if you do not upload large images: "Only photos over 2048 x 2048 pixels and videos longer than 15 minutes count towards your storage limit."

I am sure that we have had a lot of hits on links to albums that we have published to groups and friends over the years. So if there were a bandwidth limitation I am sure we would have bumped it by now. Google loves to have folks view your images.

We only use 9 GB of storage, most of our images in our 2400 or so albums are below the size limitation. If we have a group of pictures that we want to share, we put them in a folder and click sync to web to share them in a public album. I can also sync to web and make the albums private.

We use Dropbox, but only for temporary file sharing and personal to sync files between phones, iPads, and laptops.

 

[baz]

Thanks Herb. I will explore the use of Google's storage policies.

As an aside, my son who has a business Dropbox account (200 GB per day) also got suspended due to his data per day bandwidth being exceeded. He has clients in Europe and suspects they must have shared the data somehow. He uploads big video files or the order of 60 GB at times to deliver preview/final content to clients.

 

[Bruce Moore]

Barry, you might also check out flickr.

Cheers,

Bruce