Immediately, an image of Wile E. Cyote standing at the side of the street with a maliciously formed speed limit sign popped into my mind.

If Google had a way to PROVE that their service was secure, then that might be worth entertaining. Such PROOF would need to satisy concerns about the handling and passing of data and keys, and securely deleting information when the user requests it to be deleted. Unless they can prove that they are secure, this is an utter joke. Their reputation has been trashed as a result of their unfortunate run in with the three letter orgs. Its a pity.

In light of the semi-recent revelations about MS/NSA collusion, I would think it would be an opportune time to mandate a switch to Linux. What money is saved in doing so could go towards funding the development of any other software they might need.

"All those clueless gits out there who scream "they should have a network administrator!" might want to keep in mind that a network administrator isn't worth his weight in fuel to ship out there, much less keep around during the eight months of the year they're pretty much cut off from the outside world."

Consider the following:
1. What is the cost of replacing a trashed system?
2. How much does downtime cost you?
3. What does it cost to get someone to your site to fix your system?
4. What POTENTIAL expenses/risks do you face if someone uses your equipment to do damage to another site.

Consider the following scenario:

a. Someone trashes your system and uses it to say hack a government system, steal credit card numbers, launch a phishing scam.

b. The feds come knocking on your employer's door and it is discovered that the system used to do the damage was managed by you.

c. You find out that it was some uneducated HIGH SCHOOL kid with a childish "hacker" name that manipulated your computer like a sock puppet.

d. People that have heard you rant about how "worthless" sys admins are start to wonder how credible the rest of your statements are.