I guess most people, like me, aren't so worried that they can access my files but more worried about the fact they said in great big letters that they can't. Why should we trust anything they write there then? Are they stored encrypted or not? Are they reaaally transmitted over SSL or not? (ok, I know, I know...)<p>Just don't go putting bullshit in your product specs and no one will have any issues, m'kay!
If you don't want someone else reading your files, don't send them your files. I'm not really understanding all the uproar over Dropbox. I guess it's a side effect of becoming the established leader. They host my photos, some code I don't particularly care about and some other random junk like my resume. I guess if they want to read up on my employment history they are welcome too, but I'm surprised at how many people here seem to be uploading sensitive data to a third party and then getting grumpy about the idea (not even the accusation) of that third party being able to access it.
>I wish, instead of picking on whichever startup suddenly succeeds, we picked on the industry as a whole.<p>The industry is made of individuals, and complaining about the practices of an industry has to be done in broader strokes than the complaints against dropbox were. Dropbox gave the complaining parties specific holes to point to when someone tried to dismiss the significance of the claims.<p>Even if there were specifics shared across all cloud providers, it is unfortunately the case that such a broad attack would not draw the attention of the offender or offended as well. Thats not the best route to take when you're trying to raise awareness of the issues.