Dropbox Speaks Out on Data Security Controversy

17.05.2011

Dropbox has been up front and transparent about the strengths and weaknesses of its data protection mechanisms. There are threads in the Dropbox forums showing Dropbox support personnel informing users how the Dropbox encryption works, and threads in the forums where Dropbox explains that only certain key employees have the ability to access encrypted data, and only in strictly defined scenarios.

As with any story, there are at least two sides, and the situation can look entirely different if you just take the time to look at it from the other perspective. In writing my earlier post about the Dropbox data protection controversy, I took strides to downplay the ominous overtones of other media coverage and give Dropbox the benefit of the doubt, but some of the assertions made are still inaccurate and do a disservice to Dropbox. To be fair, I should have reached out to Dropbox directly for their side of the story in the first place.