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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTime to drop Dropbox.
'Drop Dropbox' protests flare as wiretap proponent Condoleezza Rice joins board
protesters are threatening to ditch Dropbox from their life completely, thanks to yesterday's appointment of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Dropbox board.
The grumbles began on Twitter and Reddit mere minutes after the announcement was made, and they've only continued to grow since then. A Drop Dropbox protest page has appeared )complete with a link to a PCWorld guide to several Dropbox alternatives), and it's been upvoted to the highly trafficked Reddit front page, as well as the front page of Reddit's technology section.
The Drop Dropbox website says its concerns are "not an issue of partisanship," but goes on to list some very partisan objections to Rice's appointment, such as her role in the Iraq War, the Bush-era torture scandals, and the fact that she was on the board of directors at the Chevron oil company.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2142286/drop-dropbox-protests-flare-as-wiretap-proponent-condoleezza-rice-joins-board.html
protesters are threatening to ditch Dropbox from their life completely, thanks to yesterday's appointment of former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to the Dropbox board.
The grumbles began on Twitter and Reddit mere minutes after the announcement was made, and they've only continued to grow since then. A Drop Dropbox protest page has appeared )complete with a link to a PCWorld guide to several Dropbox alternatives), and it's been upvoted to the highly trafficked Reddit front page, as well as the front page of Reddit's technology section.
The Drop Dropbox website says its concerns are "not an issue of partisanship," but goes on to list some very partisan objections to Rice's appointment, such as her role in the Iraq War, the Bush-era torture scandals, and the fact that she was on the board of directors at the Chevron oil company.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2142286/drop-dropbox-protests-flare-as-wiretap-proponent-condoleezza-rice-joins-board.html
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Time to drop Dropbox. (Original Post)
progressoid
Apr 2014
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Petition Demanding Removal Of Condoleezza Rice From Dropbox Board Pops Up Online, On Twitter
PoliticAverse
Apr 2014
#5
MindMover
(5,016 posts)1. took mine off today while it was using up my computers memory to download ...
my files ... thinking seriously about getting rid of Google cloud for the same reason
progressoid
(49,999 posts)6. Doing mine now. n/t
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)2. Protest this
...but the fact they'd even consider her is NOT good.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)3. very glad to hear this blowback.
fuck you, Condi. You war mongering enabling mass murderer.
MindMover
(5,016 posts)4. enough of these I get along to come along politicians ....
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)5. Petition Demanding Removal Of Condoleezza Rice From Dropbox Board Pops Up Online, On Twitter
progressoid
(49,999 posts)7. Many of the commenters are defending dropbox and Condi.