This is why I've never adopted iCloud
I really want to use it, as it would be so much more convenient than iTunes backups which I don't do nearly as often as I should, but until I can control the key as I do with iTunes backups I haven't done so. I thought I was probably being a bit overly paranoid was considering using iCloud anyway until Snowden's revelations showed that far from being overly paranoid, I wasn't nearly paranoid enough about what my government was up to!
I hope that given Apple's focus on privacy in iOS 8 that they're working on doing the same for iCloud and just don't have it ready to be rolled out yet. Not that it is that difficult to do, but doing it right so it is as easy and transparent for the end user who may have multiple devices syncing to iCloud could take a bit of time. I'll stick with my irregularly scheduled iTunes backups in the meantime.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
