[tarr11]

I think the real problem is that almost all applications default to cloud storage of data. They are not going to accept data that is unintelligible to them (certainly not for free).

If developers would start to make their apps "cloud optional", then you could at least choose how your data is shared.

[cnbeuiwx]

You wont see that from massive American companies (except possibly Mozilla who always have had strong interests in consumer privacy and integrity).

But there is still alternatives out there. You just have to give up the sites and corporations you have gotten used to over the years. Google, Facebook, Microsoft...

Also, if you use Windows, you can pretty much count on it having backdoors already. Thats just my opinion based on common sense. The largest american operating system being free from backdoors? Heh, not very likely. THe NSA could pretty much force them to put it in, and put a gag order on them afterwards. Thats the reality of United States.

[jonknee]

> They are not going to accept data that is unintelligible to them (certainly not for free).

Why not? You can store two gigabytes of random noise with Dropbox for free. 5GB worth on Google Drive. Storage locker services don't care if files are encrypted either. I actually can't think of a service that does care.