Spying, lying, crying and other fun things to do with the Armory

Most of the complaints about Blizzard's Armory function revolve around "I don't want my PVP opponents to know my build and my gear." But there's another group of people who really don't want anyone seeing their build — people who lied to their guild about what their spec was to get in. Sterne, apparently a secret retribution pally, was /gkicked after his guild caught him lying about being specced holy. He blames Blizzard for this, which to me seems kind of like blaming the company that makes drug tests if you lose your job due to smoking too much crack. The solution to this problem seems easy: don't join a guild that enforces specs if you want to spec your own way, and if you do, don't lie to them.

While I have little sympathy for Sterne, I can see many high-end raiding guilds using this to periodically check up on their players and (especially) new recruits. I'm of two minds about this. On one hand, it would make gear decisions much easier — "You're elemental, he's resto, you get the ring off this boss and he gets the cape off the next one." It would also prevent the ubiquitous "No, I'm going to go dagger/sword/fist/mace spec and I NEED that item!" strategy used by loot-hungry bad rogues everywhere. On the other hand, the idea of guilds being able to monitor nearly everything about your character — rep, spec and all — is a little squicky. I'm sure very few guilds will actually use this on their existing members, but there's always going to be that one freaky guild who uses it for, like, everything.

Do you think your guild is going to use the Armory to check up on applicants and new members? Do you wish you could opt out of the Armory, or is it no big deal to you?