Dropbox is a consumer file storage company. Statements like that will confuse the majority of their target market and stall adoption of the service.
What Dropbox is doing in relation to security/encryption is about the best possible solution that balances features and function with data protection for files that might be leaked or stolen.
If you have suggestions for Dropbox, lay out concise technical suggestions. Writing new legalese for them is not solving any of the problems that people are getting so worked up about.
Either way, those users will not understand the security of the service they are using. At least with the long version, they'll be aware of their lack of understaning.
Dropbox is a consumer file storage company. Statements like that will confuse the majority of their target market and stall adoption of the service.
What Dropbox is doing in relation to security/encryption is about the best possible solution that balances features and function with data protection for files that might be leaked or stolen.
If you have suggestions for Dropbox, lay out concise technical suggestions. Writing new legalese for them is not solving any of the problems that people are getting so worked up about.