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Your forgetting she's not only on the record supporting anonymous bulk data collection, AND warrentless wiretapping. She was a key figure of the administration

Your forgetting she's not only on the record supporting anonymous bulk data collection, AND warrentless wiretapping. She was a key figure of the administration that created such legislation to start with.

vdaniuk 13y ago
Oh, right, forgot about that. What the fuck is going at Dropbox? How did they even come to the conclusion that this is a good idea? I don't understand the business rationale anymore for Dropbox anymore.
- valarauca1 13y ago
  Well she is a prominent figure in America. Just not for a lot of good reasons. The bet is likely that future government business she could bring is larger then the major exodus of people who supported them early on.
  - vdaniuk 13y ago
    Yeah, that may be their calculation. I don't think this will sit well with german users or french users, for example though. Could really hurt their international b2c business.
    - valarauca1 13y ago
      I don't see how it'll sit well with anyone in the tech community, other then people who prioritize sexual equality above data integrity. The problem isn't her race, or her sex. Its her opinions, and political past. Its very damning to the company and their goals.
  - fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
    >The bet is likely that future government business she could bring is larger then the major exodus of people who supported them early on. Well good for them and their stakeholders!
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- JanezStupar 13y ago
  She is colored, she is a woman and she is in league with the demographic techies have hard time reaching out to (conservatives). As politically correct and pro equal opportunity crowd as HN should be able to grok that.
- cryoshon 13y ago
  An outside explanation is that political and corporate powers tend to cross-pollinate and operate with revolving doors. Think of what doors have opened for Dropbox now that they've got Condi. Any door that Condi could open (which is quite a few) could now be opened by them.
- jbooth 13y ago
  Hey, it's not like they're storing people's data or anything. Privacy just shouldn't be that relevant to them.
alttab 13y ago
Sounds like Drew has reached the big leagues.
Karunamon 13y ago
Damn.. I'd forgotten about that. I'll definitely consider hosting my truecrypt volume elsewhere once my two years of free 50gb is up..
- valarauca1 13y ago
  BTsync is free as in beer, its a bit better. Mega offers 50GB of sync for free. Both are -okay-, if you have a spare server owncloud exists.
mcintyre1994 13y ago
That seems directly counter to the goal of her helping them expand internationally. The person behind that legislation doesn't seem like the person who'd talk China etc. into opening up.
- valarauca1 13y ago
  Also there is no way the person who helped destroy relations with the EU will help build business in the EU.

vdaniuk 13y ago

Oh, right, forgot about that. What the fuck is going at Dropbox? How did they even come to the conclusion that this is a good idea? I don't understand the business rationale anymore for Dropbox anymore.

valarauca1 13y ago
Well she is a prominent figure in America. Just not for a lot of good reasons. The bet is likely that future government business she could bring is larger then the major exodus of people who supported them early on.
- vdaniuk 13y ago
  Yeah, that may be their calculation. I don't think this will sit well with german users or french users, for example though. Could really hurt their international b2c business.
  - valarauca1 13y ago
    I don't see how it'll sit well with anyone in the tech community, other then people who prioritize sexual equality above data integrity. The problem isn't her race, or her sex. Its her opinions, and political past. Its very damning to the company and their goals.
- fnordfnordfnord 13y ago
  >The bet is likely that future government business she could bring is larger then the major exodus of people who supported them early on. Well good for them and their stakeholders!
- deleted 13y ago
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JanezStupar 13y ago
She is colored, she is a woman and she is in league with the demographic techies have hard time reaching out to (conservatives). As politically correct and pro equal opportunity crowd as HN should be able to grok that.
cryoshon 13y ago
An outside explanation is that political and corporate powers tend to cross-pollinate and operate with revolving doors. Think of what doors have opened for Dropbox now that they've got Condi. Any door that Condi could open (which is quite a few) could now be opened by them.
jbooth 13y ago
Hey, it's not like they're storing people's data or anything. Privacy just shouldn't be that relevant to them.

alttab 13y ago

Sounds like Drew has reached the big leagues.

Karunamon 13y ago

Damn.. I'd forgotten about that. I'll definitely consider hosting my truecrypt volume elsewhere once my two years of free 50gb is up..

valarauca1 13y ago
BTsync is free as in beer, its a bit better. Mega offers 50GB of sync for free. Both are -okay-, if you have a spare server owncloud exists.

mcintyre1994 13y ago

That seems directly counter to the goal of her helping them expand internationally. The person behind that legislation doesn't seem like the person who'd talk China etc. into opening up.

valarauca1 13y ago
Also there is no way the person who helped destroy relations with the EU will help build business in the EU.