I am in the UK and anything based in the USA, or controlled by US companies is by default insecure.

Sorry guys but anything your spooks think they can get away with fooling around with is not suitable for anything remotely confidential. That won't stop some crook who happens to work stealing it, as happened in NZ but we have to at least try.

And that is before we get into your commercial 'confidentiality' practices...

Perhaps you guys might consider offshoring your secure storage to somewhere with some decent Information Governance regulations.

We never have gray skies.

We often have grey ones.

Our press and conservatives required that this happen. Our press is controlled by the same person that controls your Fox "news" and our conservatives are so right wing that they are the most right-wing mainstream party in Europe.

Both of these nasty groups are overjoyed at the financial problems in the Eurozone.

I work in IT in a (UK) hospital. We are extremely "enthusiastic" about security. We were thinking about this sort of thing some time ago and then it was decided at the top that we would ban Skydrive immediately and other clouds have been added to our list since.

This is not always well received but this is the nice thing about policies. They apply to everyone and the higher they come from, the less can some manager make an "exception" where they see the need.

I heard the programme. I get it as a podcast.

Someone is given 60 seconds to make a suggestion that would change the world. Has nobody else never had to take part in a debate? This is a mental exercise or entertainment not a serious statement of intent. The previous week, the speaker suggested that as people took too many crummy digital pictures, we should all be limited to one picture per day.

Go and listen to the article and get some context before criticising what we can all agree would be a seriously bad idea.

The British military got my fingerprints and a blood sample over 30 years ago. (Yes I am a bit older than many people here). I wasn't given extra special clearance, just a rifle.

I presume that they still have them somewhere.

What would the figure be if they removed all the people who admit to using Linux etc. I think that the BSA and fellow criminals consider FOSS to be theft and "piracy".

Perhaps the numbers are 7% of people actually use non-free software without paying for it and 50% of people do not use any Free software.

The number of people, even those running Windows, who are not using any open source software is shrinking all the time. I have come accross the most un-technical people using GIMP or Open Office.

I have a light fitting above my head. It is designed for 5 small screw in incandescents. It used to burn out about one a week. Last year - about September, I replaced the lot with CFLs and they have been working since. The light is slightly different but it is now there.

I am not only using less power but the bulbs are lasting a lot longer on my doubtless dodgy home wiring and saving me money that way.