Here is a easy way to move your data from DropBox to another Service https://mover.io
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Sure, her competence is definitely in question. And thatās a perfectly valid reason not to hire anyone. Iām just making the point that she shouldnāt be fired based solely on her personal political opinions. I really donāt like the bag of possibilities that opens.
Waitā¦ So I give a third party my credentials, or at a minimum credentials sufficient for full read/write access, to all my online storage accounts, they pinkie-swear that they will adequately protect those and definitely not use them for anything except what I want (and hopefully never get subpoenaed, either in Canada directly or in one of the jurisdictions where they have physical operations: āMover uses Amazon EC2, Rackspace, Microsoft Azure, and other custom hosted servers for our server infrastructure.ā, which probably means US and other in addition to Canadian jurisdiction)ā¦
This, um, makes me more secure?
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[quote=āmindfu, post:43, topic:28134ā]Iām just making the point that she shouldnāt be fired based solely on her personal political opinions. I really donāt like the bag of possibilities that opens.[/quote]Youāre in luck, then; I donāt think anyone here has ever brought up the idea of firing people for their personal political opinions, save where they directly relate to the position, except as something to warn others against.
And Iāll add that some political actions are not just terrible but arguably illegal; what Rice and her colleagues really deserve are trials. Theyāll never see them, so itās hard for me to worry that she might get shamed from such a job and settle for another not quite as far beyond what most honest people might ever get, when things are already so unfair in her favor.
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Where did I mention anything about this being more secure ?
Speaking of surveillanceā¦ boing boing? Why arenāt you covering this?
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At $DAYJOB, the corporate firewall blocks Dropbox precisely because itās too tempting for people to move proprietary documents around through their service, which doesnāt have any contractual relationship with our company requiring them to protect our information (especially when employees are using it for free), and in addition they use an architecture which gives them access to any document stored on their service if they want to see it, and the software clients they install on usersā desktops may also have security concerns.
Instead, we have an internally-run drop website that does similar things - not the full functionality, but at least enough to drag files into and out of a website thatās accessible both internally and from the public internet.
Personally, I think Riceās support of torture is orthogonal to whether she should be at Dropbox - itās not work-related, and no different from hiring any other retired ax murderer or Mafia hitman, if thatās the kind of person youād like on your board of directors and representing your brand. But her support for warrantless wiretapping and unfettered NSA surveillance? Those very directly affect the trustability of their product.
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Youāre in luck also then, because you agree with me. : )
But other people have brought that up, either explicity or tacitly. Not necessarily here, but other places and at other times. So, I just thought it was worth noting.
Iām kind of blown away by the hypocrisy here at BB. The NSA under Obama is storing all of your personal data, has created back door hacks for just about every system, and Obama himself has a ākill listā and sits in the Oval Office deciding who lives and dies, all by his lonesome, whether theyāre American citizens or defenseless ācollateral damageā abroad. Whoās the war criminal now?
Itās breathtaking whatās happened to the country in just ten years. And people in the tech sector are some of the most biased and least-thoughtful of any group Iāve encountered. Condi Rice on the board of directors of Dropbox means they support torture? Wow.
Maybe people here are young - ten years isnāt much time when youāre 15 going on 25 and have no real perspective. I donāt know. The education system isnāt what it once was, and critical thinking really is dead.
SMH at the thought of how ānon-secureā dropbox is for personal data, while the Obama administration already has all of your data anyway. SMH at the suggestion that storing medical records on dropbox is a bad idea (it is) all the while the government already has your medical records, or will soon thanks to the ACA. SMH at blind partisan ideology as opposed to free thought. SMH at the boycott and punish mentality of the left. And waiting for a new law allowing discrimination against employees for their political beliefs, so that folks like Mozilla can fire anyone they disagree with and not fear a lawsuit. (That will save time because you wonāt have to pressure people like Eich to resign. Itās an efficiency!) Because, you know, if you canāt get your mind right you have no place here.
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Quite simply, at that level, itās all about relationships and connections. And, of course, monetizing those relationships and connections. . .
@seriovitium Iāve coined a term for this sort of thing: Eiching. I suspect weāll be seeing a lot more of it. Especially as the political pendulum continues itsā swing back to the Center. . .
@billstewart : Iāll be waiting to see your commentary on Katherine Sebelius going onto tech company boards: the Obamacare Website debacle pretty much closes the case that you donāt want her anywhere NEAR decisions on tech. . . .
Did I say that I wasnāt angry with Obama too? Does the fact that I withdrew from a service being now partly run by one war criminal means that I am somehow incapable of being upset, revolted and calling for change when our current head elected official chooses to engage in those same acts? Itās not partisan, itās principle, but the way that you phrased it gives me little doubt as to which consideration of the two is forefront in your mind.
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Both are. Boing Boing has been very critical of Obamaās actions, as a quick search through the archives will show.
Rice is an unrepentant surveillance state advocate, most of the people who are active here are opposed to that. Her appointment to a data storage company does not look good however you spin it.
Critical thinking can lead in many directions, depending on what facts you have.
Dropbox, or Mozilla, or any other company I choose to boycott do not have an inalienable right to my custom.
I believe that is called at will employment. Or are unions not a valid form of political expression?
(sorry, confused at will employment with right-to-work laws)
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You missed the excellent (and much more secure-by-design)
https://www.wuala.com/
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Dropboxās attitude is the problem. Iāve deleted my Dropbox account and now use Box.
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Not enough political orthodoxy for such a delicately doctrinaire flower as yourself, or that sweet, sweet 'turf? Which is it? Come on now, 'fess up.
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