I don't know. I think it's important to know about:
"Today we filed a legal brief asking the court to confirm that we have the right to report the number of national security requests we receive, if any. You can check out our brief here: Dropbox FISC Brief. We'll keep you updated about any developments."
Maybe you don't find that information important, but I do.
huhtenberg's point is simply that he doesn't agree with the classification of the page. That is contains too much information, and cannot include other information.
But they do fear politicians kicking their ass and ruining their lives if that information cost them elections. Also, strained metaphor is strained.
Fact is, that's not a Transparency Report, it's PR Report, to make you feel better and not run away screaming. I've decided that Dropbox/Google Sync shouldn't be trusted for anything of any importance.
It's a report that spends most of its length telling you in some detail exactly what they can't legally tell you.
Considering how self-congratulatory HN readers are about this community's intelligence, you'd think more of them would be able to read between the lines.
It would be as if a city fighting crime releases statistics on muggings but not homicides.