[jerrya]

Drew,

I use dropbox and I appreciate it, but I find communications from you and Arash to be strangely borderline ... off.

A discussion from three weeks ago is not "an old issue." That these issues made it to the FTC in three weeks is probably a remarkable benchmark.

As Arash did several weeks ago, wrt to the password and key issue, you seem to miss the point and almost intentionally dismiss the issue by detailing it as "old issues."

These issues are anything but old, even in internet time.

I would value Dropbox much more than I do if I found that you and Arash could speak with the integrity I find from so many other entrepreneurs.

[jessedhillon]

The similarity between the messages from Drew, Arash and the spokeswoman Julie Supan mentioned in the article is unfortunate. It makes me wonder if there isn't some memo they're circulating over there, listing all the talking points to hit when talking about this.

[lotusleaf1987]

Seconded, I dislike the evasiveness I detect and the corporate speak. It ignores the actual problem, which to me opens up even bigger problems when you just stick your head in the sand.

[rkalla]

I think the evasiveness is intentional. With 25 million users (http://www.webpronews.com/dropbox-user-base-up-to-25-million...) I think Dropbox likely finds itself friends with govt entities that didn't previously care it existed and would encourage them to keep things the way they are as opposed to going the tarsnap route.

I know this comment could be dismissed as tin-foiley, but spending a week here reading stories on FBI wire taps or bills passing through congress and I don't think this is much of a stretch by any means.

I imagine this is a (necessity?) of modern day, massive-scale online services like this... or at least it becomes one once they hit critical mass.

For example, I would expect Facebook has a back-channel for law enforcement to view profiles unfettered by privacy settings. I'm not saying I have proof they do, but would anyone really be surprised if a service with 700 million users globally was in-bed with security agencies?

I suppose I just expect that now.

[EwanG]

You don't have to be tin hat to worry that if "some" Dropbox admins have access to your files, then your files are at risk of being hacked just like what happened with Sony and their PSN. If a company has your stuff, and someone there has the key to your stuff, you'd better be sure it's as important to them as it is to you. Since that is rarely the case, I prefer not to give anyone else the key.