How much do you trust the government

Nick Negroponte may think governments should buy and distribute $100 laptops but if I was getting one of these I'd be very curious to know what's on it.

It's difficult to see the more repressive governments going along with this - or if they do not installing spyware on the systems. Governments recognise the power of IT; one of the defining moments in organising the velvet revolution in the old Czechoslovakia was when a bag of modems arrived - allowing unmonitorable communications.

So while the idea is good from a security standpoint it's a bit of a worry.