[briandear]

One more thing-- no one forces anyone to use a particular technology (unless it's being forced to use Windows at work.) The tin foil hat crowd might have some grand fears, but it's groundless -- you only give up the privacy you choose to give up. Google has never knocked on my door forcing me to give up private information, although the US government does! I would be more worried about intrusive and over regulatory whims of the government-- they can enforce their schemes at the point of a gun. Worry about the government and let the market take care of everything else.

[vacri]

The tin foil hat crowd might have some grand fears, but it's groundless ... Worry about the government and let the market take care of everything else.

Um... it's not really irony if you do it intentionally...