There are different levels of information, with the last being the actual file contents. I doubt dropbox would sync file contents from unrelated files (that would be the biggest security scandal ever), but there are multiple levels of metadata that you may or may not expect Dropbox to upload. If something is uploaded after you create a file in a separate directory, I'm guessing it's one of two things
1) metadata such as a timestamp when all files in the synced folder were found up to date.
2) metadata about the non-synced file changes, such as timestamps, checksums or etc.
While 2 isn't an upload of the file contents, it's still bad enough. I wouldn't expect Dropbox to upload any data OR metadata related to my unsynced files at all.
1) metadata such as a timestamp when all files in the synced folder were found up to date. 2) metadata about the non-synced file changes, such as timestamps, checksums or etc.
While 2 isn't an upload of the file contents, it's still bad enough. I wouldn't expect Dropbox to upload any data OR metadata related to my unsynced files at all.