Henko wrote:You are right about that, but my point is that they can scavenge around in your data on your hardware without you knowing it, if you sign up with them.
Well, smart BASIC uses Dropbox SDK to perform copy file operation between device and Dropbox cloud service.
This operation is targeted to each file individually and this procedure is controlled by smart BASIC, file-by-file. This means that when you copy a folder, then smart BASIC performs this operation file-by-file, so nothing extra is copied from the device. So I am sure that no data is stolen or accessed without user command by Dropbox SDK.
Even if to suppose that some kind of spy code is integrated inside Dropbox engine, then it should not get access outside of smart BASIC application sandbox anyway - this belongs to Apple security responsibility.
NOTE: enabling Dropbox integration in smart BASIC does not require installation of Dropbox standalone application on your device.