[new299]

In my mind Dropbox became a company not worth supporting when Rice joined Dropbox's board (http://www.drop-dropbox.com/). I don't know what their future holds. But personally, with a board member who advocates warrentless surveillance it seems unlikely that we share similar views on the security of my data, and I wont be using their service.

I'd hope their customers are also looking at the security of their data in light of this and seeking out alternatives.

[kzhahou]

This is a rare opportunity where a regular person can hold a member of the Bush pro-war team accountable, if even in some small way.

[gerbilly]

>with a board member who advocates warrentless surveillance it seems unlikely that we share similar views on the security of my data

Finally someone said it.

Putting my files on someone else's computer is a concept totally alien to me.

If the mob or a russian crime ring offered free online storage, openly advertised as such, I'd fully expect people to line up to store their tax returns and visa statements on it.

I keep that stuff encrypted and offline most of the time in my own home, much less on dropbox.

[prostoalex]

I think in a twisted way it's sort of beneficial as outright there's no promise of encryption or security, implying you should take care of it yourself, client-side.

This follows the Unix philosophy where a utility does one thing and does it well, and if you need two jobs done, you pipe one through another.

[bad_user]

Out of curiosity, what do you use?

[thestu]

Don't know about him, but I use -- https://www.sync.com/

[kobayashi]

This is the first I'm hearing about Sync. Any comparison with SpiderOak?

[ZacharyPitts]

Ever since drop-dropbox happened due to Rice, I've been happily using SpiderOak on Windows/OSX/Android/iOS systems.

Fine interface with customizable options that I need.

[kobayashi]

In reading about Sync, I was surprised to see their claim that they never hold the encryption keys, even when signing in from mobile devices. This is in contrast to SpiderOak, which says that if one signs in from a mobile device or on the website, they hold keys in RAM for the session.

[Dirlewanger]

Eh, red herring. You really think Dropbox is the one sole large US cloud storage company that's bravely resisting the NSA's grasp?

[ljk]

what's your take on this? - https://blogs.dropbox.com/dropbox/2016/01/future-of-diversit...

[new299]

It's off topic but... Personally I'm the guy who ticks "prefer not to say" when a form requests my "ethnic origin" so I don't particularly like that method of measuring diversity.

[smt88]

Why do you ask? I don't see how the two are related.

[ljk]

they're not related, was just wondering is all