Well, go and look at the Wikipedia entry for PRISM and follow the leads to the UK coverage, anything to do with GCHQ is gag ordered. Nobody is talking about this fact, yet we should all do a kumbayah around the fire because Google have released a FOSS product "for the children". This stinks of PR. As I say, I have faith that those on the ground at Google have nothing but good intentions and want to change the world for the better, but we now live in a world where you cannot trust them. This is exactly the same as if Nestle released an open source solution for breast feeding, nothing but a PR repair strategy. I hate to be the one saying this by the way, because I have for years loved Google and put almost everything in their cloud solution.

Edit: Oh and I have exactly zero to gain from trolling Google, I am not promoting Skydrive or Spideroak because they are both equally dubious, why does my reaction to a company deeply tied into the recent revelations about all out data being processed by the US gov have to be considered non-relevant?

Edit edit: I believe I am contributing to this story because my comment is about the company involved in creating it and the relationship of trust they have (in the sphere of computer geeks and Hacker News this is particularly poignant). If you believe things should only be 100% related to the article, to never deviate and discuss things such as the the company, fair enough to downvote me.