Comment on Dropbox hack: get download stats for public filesComments−kevingadd14yHow does this work?−francescolaffi14ywith short-links redirecting to the file, it could be done with url shortener with stats, it's just more convenient generating them with this service I guess−markkofmanOP14ycorrect. it was very inconvenient every time you need download stats to open bit.ly for that.−dmn00114yThe Dropbox auth. page states: "This app will have access to your entire Dropbox. Please make sure you trust this app before proceeding."Does this really need access to the entire Dropbox? Why should I trust the person who wrote this?To get stats for bit.ly you can just add a '+' symbol on the end of the short link: http://bit.ly/owigAj+
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How does this work?
with short-links redirecting to the file, it could be done with url shortener with stats, it's just more convenient generating them with this service I guess
correct. it was very inconvenient every time you need download stats to open bit.ly for that.
The Dropbox auth. page states: "This app will have access to your entire Dropbox. Please make sure you trust this app before proceeding."
Does this really need access to the entire Dropbox? Why should I trust the person who wrote this?
To get stats for bit.ly you can just add a '+' symbol on the end of the short link: http://bit.ly/owigAj+