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I don't think that was a wrong decision actually -- most people who use dropbox are like my mom, not at all computer savy.

There is no way dropbox would be able to explain to them what happened without scaring them silly.

And if nobody logged in, there can't possibly be any danger to their account.

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>There is no way dropbox would be able to explain to them what happened without scaring them silly.

Opposed to who? People who do know what it means and should be scared silly but aren't because they've been beaten into submission by breach after breach after breach.

If you account hasn't been accessed in that time, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Yes, there is. I can't trust a service that makes these kinds of mistakes.

You're making the rather large assumption that this was a one time goof on the part of Dropbox.

IMO, this is reflective of a corporate culture that places testing and security on the back burner. And while some people may be OK sending their data to such a company, the rest of us might not be.

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