Google Drive encryption being tested to drive out government spying

Google's cloud service contains everything you want - and sometimes what you don't want, like the U.S. government spying on you through its Prism surveillance program.

That's why the search engine giant is reportedly testing out encryption for all Google Drive files, according to a report by CNET.

Sources claim that only a small percentage of your cloud-based files stored on the Mountain View company's servers are currently encrypted. That could change in the future. "Mechanisms like this could give people more confidence and allow them to start backing up potentially their whole device," said Electronic Frontier Foundation Senior Staff Technologist Seth Schoen in the report.