tv shows or movies, you're accessing a virtual world anyone can share from anywhere. welcome to the cloud. >> they allow you to not use expensive, bulky storage space here on earth and instead allow you to put things in somebody else's computer for free or very little cost. >> reporter: john able writes about the cloud for "wired" magazine and warns with innovation comes risk. >> assume that your stuff will be looked at. assume that it will be lost. >> reporter: there's no guarantee your data in the cloud is ever 100% secure. recent breaches at sony playstation network, epsilon data, even rsa security, affected upwards of 100 million people. >> pretty much open season. >> reporter: dale meyer served as chief information officer for the united states intelligence community. >> if i were to touch it i would be touching the cloud. >> you would be touching the