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Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by ghayes on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @02:50AM (#6436409)
I believe huhtenberg's point is that it's the only question many of us are concerned about.

It would be as if a city fighting crime releases statistics on muggings but not homicides.

Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by jasonlotito on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @07:20AM (#6437177)
I don't know. I think it's important to know about:

"Today we filed a legal brief asking the court to confirm that we have the right to report the number of national security requests we receive, if any. You can check out our brief here: Dropbox FISC Brief. We'll keep you updated about any developments."

Maybe you don't find that information important, but I do.

huhtenberg's point is simply that he doesn't agree with the classification of the page. That is contains too much information, and cannot include other information.

Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by Semiapies on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @02:58AM (#6436437)
Police chiefs don't usually worry about facing prison time if they reveal homicide statistics.
Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by Ygg2 on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:21AM (#6436668)
But they do fear politicians kicking their ass and ruining their lives if that information cost them elections. Also, strained metaphor is strained.

Fact is, that's not a Transparency Report, it's PR Report, to make you feel better and not run away screaming. I've decided that Dropbox/Google Sync shouldn't be trusted for anything of any importance.

Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by Semiapies on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @04:43AM (#6436723)
It's a report that spends most of its length telling you in some detail exactly what they can't legally tell you.

Considering how self-congratulatory HN readers are about this community's intelligence, you'd think more of them would be able to read between the lines.

Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by Ygg2 on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @06:19AM (#6436973)
A report telling me what it can't say is not precisely informative. Because I know that they can't tell me much about NSA.

Not to mention these two claims are contradictory:

"This report doesn't include national security requests."

"Unfortunately, the government allows services to disclose only the aggregate number of all law enforcement and national security requests received "

Does it include the NSA request, or not in the aggregate? First sentence says no, second implies yes.

Re:Dropbox - Transparency Report by Semiapies on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @07:14PM (#6441470)
Because I know that they can't tell me much about NSA.

You are not the world. You are not even most Dropbox users.