Re:Paper is Dropbox's new vision for how teams can work toge...
by e12e on Thursday October 15, 2015 @03:29PM
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> Dropbox's business is enabling users to share content.
It's worse than that. If sharing was their only business, as opposed to backup, storage of data -- then it wouldn't matter as much if you could trust them or not. If your intention is to share data, then that data shouldn't be considered as secure any more -- even if you trust the person(s) with whom you share it.
But as Dropbox does more than just enable sharing of data, trust is paramount. Without trust, docker isn't a service, it's a liability (I don't necessarily I think the addition of a pro-surveillance board member makes much difference for how much I trust Dropbox, I'm making the point that trust is/should be a core business value of Dropbox -- if you can't trust it, I don't see how you can use it (without engaging in doublethink).
It's worse than that. If sharing was their only business, as opposed to backup, storage of data -- then it wouldn't matter as much if you could trust them or not. If your intention is to share data, then that data shouldn't be considered as secure any more -- even if you trust the person(s) with whom you share it.
But as Dropbox does more than just enable sharing of data, trust is paramount. Without trust, docker isn't a service, it's a liability (I don't necessarily I think the addition of a pro-surveillance board member makes much difference for how much I trust Dropbox, I'm making the point that trust is/should be a core business value of Dropbox -- if you can't trust it, I don't see how you can use it (without engaging in doublethink).