&gt; You&#x27;re implicitly assuming that having not-terribly-tech-savvy organizations (like governments) protect their own data is somehow better.<p>Quite often, it is.  If all the data is in one place, the payoff for hacking it is much greater than if each bit of data is on a different machine.  As the man said, &quot;why do you rob banks? Because that&#x27;s where the money is.&quot;