Nope. Hadn't seen that article. I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss all of it. Yes, some of it is blown out of proportion (for now). Too often in recent time, things that people like you called paranoid or tin hat material have been proving to be true. But you're free to close your eyes and disagree as you choose. Use and trust the cloud as you see fit. For myself, I don't need the cloud to "enhance" my security setup, to run applications, or to store data for me. My own PCs do all I need. If I need access to some of my files from the web, I'll use my own server.