[joeseeder]

Why don't we actually ask the question from a perspective of a user.

Do people want randomly scattered , unmaintained information containers which are not accessible via unified interface, but still vulnerable to theft and abuse ?

Or the desirable functionality is an easy to use, secure, organized knowledge repository ?

My answer is: As a user, I want to be the only one able to search my own information, and I want to do it conveniently and securely.