Yes, those clouds are increasingly becoming "one stop shopping" for criminals, thugs and government. Epsilon and Sony are just two, recent examples. The TJ Max

Yes, those clouds are increasingly becoming "one stop shopping" for criminals, thugs and government. Epsilon and Sony are just two, recent examples. The TJ Max incident a few years ago. Etc. The "cloud" is useful, except there isn't actually "a" cloud, there are just individual businesses inviting you into their capacious silos. It's lock-in with more risk. "The cloud" needs a lot more work before we can call it "the" cloud, and before we can call it safe.