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Do other countries not get affected? What about India, the UK, and China? Many other countries have even more intrusive domestic spying programs.

I wonder if that assumption is fair. Also, do you know where it says that in the article?

Wonderful! I can really see this as a great tool for when you get 'writer's block' during a game jam!

This reads like one of those cheesy pickup line / how to pick up women "tutorials".

"Peter, with his crazy profile, has a strategic opening message that he claims to be successful with more than 80 percent of the time. I call it 'The Neg And Reverse.'”

I mean come on!

This seems a little crazy. Just because someone who has different political views than me is on the board of a company whose product I use, doesn't mean I must support their political views. By that logic, I can never use a product made by a company who has a board member who doesn't have the same views as me.

And to the point that her political views will somehow cloud security at Dropbox: they probably brought her on to advise on how to deal with security requests by the government.

In any case, the idea that adding Rice to the board will somehow make Dropbox excitedly comply with all governments surveillance is preposterous.

I'm American, but this kind of statement pisses me off: just because some people from India didn't perform well in the Google Code Jam, we shouldn't hire them?