Iinkonzo zokugcina ifu ziye zaba enye yeendawo esihlala sihlala kuzo banolwazi olubuthathaka, iifoto zabucala kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zeefayile ezibaluleke kakhulu. Njengezinye iinkonzo, kufuneka utshintshe igama lokugqitha amaxesha ngamaxesha ukuze uqiniseke ngakumbi ukuba ayinakubiwa ngumntu.
I-Dropbox, iqaphela ukuba baninzi abasebenzisi abangatshintshi igama eliyimfihlo ixesha elide ngoku, uye wathatha kwiblogi yakhe ukuba abongoze ukuba kuya kucetyiswa ukuba le nyathelo yenziwe ukuze kuthintelwe iingxaki ezinkulu. Asikuko ukuba baye baneengxaki ngenkqubo yabo okanye nantoni na, kodwa ukuba baye bathatha le nyathelo lokukhusela ngokujonga iminyaka emininzi yabasebenzisi babo bamagama ayimfihlo.
lwebhokisi yaba nengxaki ngoJulayi ka-2012 apho ii-usernames kunye nee-passwords kukholelwa ukuba zibiwe. Iiakhawunti ezichaphazelekayo zaxelelwa ukuba zitshintshe amagama ayimfihlo, kodwa uninzi lwabasebenzisi aluchaphazelekanga, ngoko babengenasizathu sokuyitshintsha.
Kwakuyiminyaka emine eyadlulayo kwaye ngoku yiDropbox xa ucinga ukuba yiyo ixesha elifanelekileyo lokuhlaziya amagama ayimfihlo, kunye nezenzo zabo. Ayingabo bonke abasebenzisi beDropbox abacelwa ukuba batshintshe amagama abo ayimfihlo, kuphela abo benze iakhawunti yabo ngaphambi kukaJulayi 2012 kwaye abakaze bayitshintshe ukusukela oko.
Kodwa kuba sikuyo, kusoloko kucetyiswa ukuba sitshintshe igama eliyimfihlo qho kwiinyanga ezimbalwa. Inokuba nzima kakhulu kufuneka unkqaye igama eligqithisiweyo elitsha okanye uhlaziye esinabo ngoonobumba abaninzi, kodwa ukuba unolwazi olubuthathaka, cinga imeko apho uphulukene nayo kwaye awusakwazi ukungena kwiakhawunti yakho. Ke musa ukuchitha ixesha elininzi, yiya kwiDropbox yakho kwaye utshintshe igama lokugqitha.