Wait, Dropbox gave away non-anonymized data to a third party and they then anonymized it. Wow, what could go wrong? Just thinking of the endless possibilities of where all that data is now... Its deeply troubling how much unwarranted trust there is when it comes to handling of personal data.
Dropbox put Condoleezza Rice on their board, who supports warrentless wiretaps [1].
I deleted my account when they did that. Not so much because it would have any direct effect, but because it’s clear that we have differing views on how user data should be treated.
I surprised that people are shocked by them treating user data like this, it’s absolutely in character.
> Dropbox gave us access to project-folder-related data, which Dropbox had aggregated and anonymized,
> we and Dropbox employees could view no personally identifiable information
> Editor’s note: We’ve clarified this article to say that Dropbox anonymized and aggregated the data before providing it for this analysis.
Truth be told I've also been dissatisfied with the price of the Plus and Pro subscriptions, relative to what they provide, with their support and their direction, so was looking for motivation to move.
This is just icing on the cake.
https://www.dropbox.com/terms#privacy
It certainly says the words:
"We may share information as discussed below, ... Others working for and with Dropbox."