Google Desktop search and "security via obscurity"

I've been using the Google desktop search tool for a bit and have been very happy with it. Searching through your browser cache acts as a "short term memory" until I decide to make it "long term memory" over at del.icio.us. Another great tool from Google.

A coworker pointed out an AP story in the local rag pointing to it as a security hole. Bruce Schnier's recent article correctly points out that it's not Google's tool that is insecure. It is the other tools that leave unsecure data lying around for other programs to look at.

Google's tool just makes the other holes more visible. Who's problem is that?