It's pretty absurd that so many people are this willing to attack a woman just because of her political views. This kind of crap is what Fox News uses to claim all liberals are jack-booted fascists just waiting to setup USSR v2.0 here in America.
If any other company, that deals with our personal data, were to appoint a board member well known for being pro warrantless wiretaps, I think people would consider moving as well.
The drop-dropbox.com has its arguments pretty well presented really.
Boycotting a service is pretty far from any kind of attack. Additionally it is a lot more than her political views. She played a central role in securing the legality of the torture program, authorized the warrant less wiretaps of UN council members, and was the National Security Advisor immediately before the Iraq war.
1. I strongly disagree with the torture program, but I still don't think it's grounds for boycotting Dropbox, unless you are under the impression that she's pushing for a Torture Division at Dropbox.
2. Foreign diplomats are not subject to warrants and are exactly the sort of people that get spied upon. I guarantee you that every major country is spying on every foreign diplomat, limited only by their ability. While I don't think private citizens should be spied on, if you are in a diplomatic post you should just expect it.
3. I view the Iraq War as legitimate, as do most people, and she did a stellar job in her role as National Security Advisor.
1. Why not? Dropbox has decided to include a member of the torture program in their organization. It's an implicit admittance that she doesn't belong in prison.
2. Irrelevant, none of us are in a diplomatic post here but we're still all being spied on via any avenue by the NSA- dropbox being a confirmed avenue for this purpose.
3. I don't think you'll find too many people agreeing with you here. After all, it was the US and a few minor cronies (Poland, Georgia) going in alone, with the majority of our allies and all of the rest of the world saying we were making a huge mistake-- a mistake which has haunted us ever since, and caused many of our allies to turn away from us and seek more autonomy. "Doing a stellar job" at torturing people and knocking over governments is not a positive thing to say about someone.
Come on, really? Trying to portrait this as something sex related and partisan, really?
I am from nowhere near the U.S. and consider D/R pretty much the same and I immediatly switched from Dropbox and stopped recommending it to anyone. The appointment of mass surveliance advocate to a top position in a tech company that holds your data is a clear "we don't care about you, your rights and your opinon" message to privacy advocates.
I don't want to support a tech company that is strongly integrated with government/government departments/government executives.
Also the appointment of Rice could be a warrant canary, a hint to those paranoid, that Dropbox is not secure for other infrastructural reasons. But that's probably mine personal feel good fantasy:)
Not "political views" - she was one of the architects of the invasion of Iraq. It's less a disagreement than a visceral revulsion, you can't just cast that many people into the Inferno and call it politcs. Thousands and thousands have died now, it's still not really over.
