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Dropbox in 2001

1 documented issue from 2001 — most severe first.

2001 in review

1 documented issue in 2001, concentrated in privacy & encryption concerns. The most serious was The USA PATRIOT Act: the foundation of foreign distrust of US cloud storage.

The 2001 USA PATRIOT Act expanded US government access to records held by domestic companies and became the original reason foreign organizations distrusted storing data with US cloud providers — a concern that still attaches to Dropbox today.

Privacy & Encryption ConcernsGovernment Access & Surveillance
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