If someone clicks on a link then their browser passes the target webserver both the page requested and the address of the page containing the link, which in this case would be the shared document link itself. Alongside the search results for that URL, the search engine also returns ads.Īnother way in which URLs could reach unintended recipients is through links contained in the shared documents, according to security expert Graham Cluley. How those links came to be used as search terms will be no mystery to anyone who has ever inadvertently pasted a URL into the search box of their browser instead of the address box. Some of those searches were for Dropbox shared links to documents containing personal information, including completed tax returns or mortgage applications, perhaps intended to be shared with a spouse or a financial adviser. The reports it receives about its advertising campaigns indicate the searches that prompt the ads to appear. IntraLinks, like many other companies, books search ads using competitors' brands as keywords. The posting also implied that the problem affects another online storage service, Box.net, but that company did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The problem was highlighted by Dropbox competitor IntraLinks on its Collaborista blog.
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