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Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

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Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#101
post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Pluralism does not require that you continue to patronize a business whose conduct you disagree with.

What of Dropbox's conduct do you disagree with?

I still use them, but I disagree with their hiring of Ms. Rice, both on moral grounds, and practical privacy grounds.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#102
post #34

I continue to use Dropbox and I'm pro the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government. (Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.) Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting…

If power is not irrelevant to you, then politics either.

I meant political persuasion as-in this isn't about right/left or good/bad for me.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#103
post #34

I continue to use Dropbox and I'm pro the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government. (Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.) Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting…

I like your reasoning; it's always nice to encounter someone who doesn't confuse "ought" with "is".

(Also, anent voting patterns, anecdotal but perhaps still of interest: I've noticed, when expressing on HN political opinions which don't accord with the local consensus, that there will generally be a few slow downvotes early, followed by a quick spike of upvotes bringing the comment up to a net positive score, followed eventually by a few more scattered downvotes, with the net result being usually positive but not as much so as the initial spike would suggest.)

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#104
I would have loved to switch away from Dropbox (for example because of Rice, but also because of NSA), but I haven't been able to find anything that works for me with as little hassle as Dropbox. Lock-in by delivering a superior product. Those bastards.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#106
post #34

I continue to use Dropbox and I'm pro the appointment of Condoleezza Rice as for the sake of our industry it is wise for us to have better political links to the US government. (Politics is irrelevant to me, but power is not. The government can already twist your arm; being on first name's basis with somebody important will be invaluable.) Edit: I thought we could openly state our opinions, but it seems I am getting…

What makes you think down/upvotes are related to political beliefs? It could be that people think you are making a good/bullshit argument, regardless of their political inclination.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#107
post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about one for "I dropped DropBox in favour of an option with client side encryption"? Wuala, SpiderOak, even GDrive/DropBox + EncFS/Ecryptfs/BoxCryptor. So many better options than DropBox for those of us with privacy concerns. And for the more DIY people, there's OwnCloud, git-annex assistant (which supports encrypted remotes!), SyncThing and TahoeLAFS. Anyone know of a good sync client for TahoeLAFS though?

Yep, dropped Dropbox for SpiderOak ages ago due to a number of really poor security failings on Dropbox's part. (Remember the day they accidentally allowed blank passwords to login to anyones account?)

I did the same when that incident happened.

Re: Poll: Did you “drop Dropbox”?

#108
post #98
post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, dropped Dropbox for SpiderOak ages ago due to a number of really poor security failings on Dropbox's part. (Remember the day they accidentally allowed blank passwords to login to anyones account?)

When was that?

Had to look through my emails but it looks like it was in June of 2011.

edit: http://www.geek.com/news/dropbox-security-glitch-meant-any-p...

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