Former board member

Condoleezza Rice

Dropbox board (appointed 2014)

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined Dropbox's board in April 2014. The appointment triggered the 'Drop Dropbox' campaign over her association with warrantless-surveillance policy during the Bush administration — a flashpoint that crystallized privacy-minded users' distrust of how Dropbox handles their data and who governs the company.

Source: The Guardian — 'Drop Dropbox: Condoleezza Rice appointment sparks user backlash'

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April–July 20143 sources

Medium

'Hostile to privacy': Snowden, Condoleezza Rice, and the Drop Dropbox campaign

Dropbox's April 2014 appointment of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — a defender of warrantless wiretapping — to its board triggered the grassroots 'Drop Dropbox' campaign, and months later Edward Snowden publicly branded the service 'hostile to privacy.'

Privacy & Encryption ConcernsProduct Changes & User Backlash

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