&gt; Dropbox&#x27;s business is enabling users to share content.<p>It&#x27;s worse than that. If sharing was their only business, as opposed to backup, storage of data -- then it wouldn&#x27;t matter <i>as much</i> if you could trust them or not. If your intention is to share data, then that data shouldn&#x27;t be considered as secure any more -- even if you trust the person(s) with whom you share it.<p>But as Dropbox does more than just enable sharing of data, trust is paramount. Without trust, docker isn&#x27;t a service, it&#x27;s a liability (I don&#x27;t necessarily I think the addition of a pro-surveillance board member makes much difference for how much <i>I</i> trust Dropbox, I&#x27;m making the point that trust is&#x2F;should be a core business value of Dropbox -- if you can&#x27;t trust it, I don&#x27;t see how you can use it (without engaging in doublethink).