Not really a surprise here. (Score 1)

It's taken this long for a PHD and highly regarded security person from the FTC to figure this out? I knew this two years ago when I spent a few minutes reading the Dropbox featureset and noticed that you could share files with other users. Point-blank, this was a sure sign that they had encryption keys. The only surprise here was that people actually take Soghoian's complaint in high regard because of his PHD and that he was the FTC's first real cyber-ninja. I say they (the FTC) need to raise the bar on their hiring standards if this is the best they have. Oh yeah, I don't agree with what Dropbox is doing, but hey if you want security you need to look to business grade services and not the consumer level crap. http://www.silicon-vision.com/wp/why-the-ftc-need-to-raise-the-bar-on-their-hiring-standards/ kc/