[jethroalias97]

So... should nobody use ec2? Or any host for that matter? Sooner or later you're going to have to trust some third-party.

[moe]

There's a difference between trusting someone with your physical hardware and handing them your credentials on a silver plate.

There's also a pretty harsh difference between the security practices at Amazon and the practices that Opscode displays in their OSS-code.