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> This is a ridiculous response, and one which seems very ungrounded in the law. What is the basis of such assertion? Let the courts decide that if the basis i
by random42 15y ago
> This is a ridiculous response, and one which seems very ungrounded in the law.
What is the basis of such assertion? Let the courts decide that if the basis is unfounded or not.
> But, they're still a startup.
This is no excuse, if you charge money for your services AND claim to be military grade secure with respect to data. https://www.dropbox.com/security https://www.dropbox.com/security
> There's no SLA. They responded quickly, fixed the bug as soon as they caught it, and have been thorough in investigating any unauthorized access of accounts.
They took 4 hours to know entire dropbox was accessible to everyone, and tried to sweep the incident under the rug by not emailing the issue to users.
> Why sue them? It's just going to disrupt a very good service. It's not going to help them recover (I'm sure they've already learned heavily from the mistake.)
Because they are not entitled to be on the goodside of the user, which unacceptably bad handling of the situation. They, like everyone else, are not entitled to anything, other than what is contracted. You screw users, you get screwed. It is as simple as that.
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- rajatsuri 15y agoThat website describes their storage security measures. It doesn't cover this type of incident and doesn't guarantee there will never be a bug in a code push. Fact is: if you don't like their security measures, don't use the service. Suing them is a cheap disgusting money-grab that is far too prevalent in this country (cough cough hot coffee cough). Stop being such a victim. You have to assume a startup growing as fast as Dropbox is will have its growing pains, just like Facebook did. If that troubles you, store your files some other way.
- jvandenbroeck 15y agoIdd, being a startup is no excuse, how hard can it be to make a test case which tests if their authentication works?