Engineers trade in failure modes. That's 99% of engineering; so to tell a site full of engineers that they shouldn't look at how an idea could fail ( especially

Engineers trade in failure modes. That's 99% of engineering; so to tell a site full of engineers that they shouldn't look at how an idea could fail ( especially catastrophic failure modes that could cost people's lives ) is going to get you mocked mercilessly and rightly so. And notably; Dropbox has had some serious security issues; and it should not ( even today ) be used to handle information that is sensitive, confidential, safety-critical; or part of operating a nuclear facility. And that is true, despite the fact that it's tremendously useful and popular.