Americans Reject Chinese and US Government Cloud Video Recording

"Kind of like when you buy those cheap clothes made in countries known for using slave like labor, you don't want to think about it, you just want to enjoy the cheap price."

In that case, though, the person is supporting something bad happening to someone else.

In the case of cloud accessible home video, the person is supporting something bad happening to themselves.

In the latter case, once they understood the potential risk to themselves, the more likely they would object.

Undisclosed 4 has nailed it. The question "Are you OK with your home security video being stored in the cloud?" is loaded with the preconceived notion that the general public understands the architectural difference between cloud storage and remote access, related to network security. Since there aren't any US government owned products in the VSaaS market (that I'm aware of), adding that variable to the question only further pollutes the conversation.

I suspect nearly all of the respondents who answered "NO" to this survey AND have a home video system, likely have remote access to there home system either through a phone app or a web client. Remote access in the residential market is basically a must-have and expected feature. I highly doubt many of those respondents have taken any additional steps to secure their network. In this scenario I believe the VSaaS option provides a more secure solution.

You infer Microsoft now provides VSaaS – this is real news; but so far as I can find, they don’t. In your scenario the FBI will not go to MS but rather to the company that owns the data and software that is running on the rented VM server; and it is that company you are relying on to defend your data and rights, not MS as you suggest. But let’s be real, while the alphabet soup of government agencies are known to over step the boundaries when it comes to data collection, the danger, the real danger are the crooks and criminals who are up to no good. When you store your vital data and AV content in the clouds, more often than not, you are storing it on a VM server that is sponsored (rented) by someone other than the company (for example MS) that provides and rents out the cloud infrastructure and it is those “renters” you are relying on to secure your data. When you put your stuff on someone else’s server (the cloud) then you are making your stuff available to them, to their employees, to their contractors, to their affiliates and to anyone who can break through the security barriers setup by the VM renter. And as we have witnessed time and time again, those barriers are weak, extremely weak.

... an average U.S.citizen who works for the U.S. government that has access to classified documents.

Any scenarios involving people without top-secret clearance?