Los Angeles, CA -April 27, 2014 -(TerraUS, mhUSA)-
In some circles, she ' s portrayed as a fiercely intelligent and loyal person who broke glass ceilings to become the first black woman to serve as secretary of state. In other circles, she ' s seen as a dishonest politician who allegedly orchestrated the US ' s role in the Iraq War, backed torture policies, and approved of warrantless wiretapping.

Yesterday, the cloud storage service Dropbox announced that it wanted to boost its international presence, so it appointed Rice to its board of directors. This announcement angered a slew of users. And, by Thursday, an online protest had fired up, demanding the company drop Rice or users will ʻʻdrop Dropbox.ʼʼ

ʻʻThis is deeply disturbing, and anyone -- or any business -- who values ethics should be concerned,ʼʼ reads a Web site dedicated to the Drop Dropbox movement. ʻʻChoosing Condoleezza Rice for Dropbox ' s Board is problematic on a number of deeper levels, and invites serious concerns about CEO Drew Houston and the senior leadership at Dropbox ' s commitment to freedom, openness, and ethics. When a company quite literally has access to all of your data, ethics become more than a fun thought experiment.ʼʼ

The site details its reasons why it believes Rice is not fit to serve on Dropbox ' s board. She ʻʻhelped start the Iraq Warʼʼ and allegedly lied about non-existent weapons of mass destruction, the site writes, and she was ʻʻinvolved in the creation of the Bush administration ' s torture program.ʼʼ

But the most worrisome aspect of Rice, as far as Dropbox users are concerned, was her alleged support and authorization of warrantless wiretaps, says the site.

ʻʻRice not only spoke in favor of the Bush administration ' s warrantless wiretap program and expansive domestic surveillance program, she authorized the warrantless wiretap of UN Security Council members,ʼʼ the site says. ʻʻGiven everything we now know about the US ' s warrantless surveillance program, and Rice ' s role in it, why on earth would we want someone like her involved with Dropbox, an organization we are trusting with our most important business and personal data?ʼʼ

The site urges users to contact Houston and tell him to ʻʻdrop Condoleezza Rice or we will #DropDropbox.ʼʼ Since the online protest started, hundreds of people have taken to Twitter with this ʻʻdrop Dropboxʼʼ message for Houston.

For her part, it ' s unclear what Rice thinks about privacy for Dropbox. In an interview with Bloomberg on Wednesday, she did say it was a major issue. ʻʻAs a country, we are having a great national conversation and debate about exactly how to manage privacy concerns,ʼʼ Rice told Bloomberg. ʻʻI look forward to helping Dropbox navigate it.ʼʼ




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