#1 Dropbox wants an insider to help them be on the receiving end of better decisions related to non-consensual government surveillance
#2 Dropbox wants better information themselves on non-consensual government surveillance
From a PR perspective, this looks bad both to both Americans and international Dropbox users. It does not instill confidence in Dropbox.
Dropbox is a dominant platform right now but it certainly does not have to be the dominant platform. Any non-US company doing sensitive work is being negligent to their investors using platforms which enable easy spying (remember, the controversy in the US is about the NSA spying on American citizens, there is no legal barrier nor likely will there ever be one for spying on foreigners. The NSA has a blank check to do what they want if you are from abroad.)
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#1 Dropbox wants an insider to help them be on the receiving end of better decisions related to non-consensual government surveillance
#2 Dropbox wants better information themselves on non-consensual government surveillance
From a PR perspective, this looks bad both to both Americans and international Dropbox users. It does not instill confidence in Dropbox.
Dropbox is a dominant platform right now but it certainly does not have to be the dominant platform. Any non-US company doing sensitive work is being negligent to their investors using platforms which enable easy spying (remember, the controversy in the US is about the NSA spying on American citizens, there is no legal barrier nor likely will there ever be one for spying on foreigners. The NSA has a blank check to do what they want if you are from abroad.)