[cynwoody]

Even for a simple email account....you ought to be paying them $20 a year for the service, instead of a free option as it is today.

I'm perfectly OK with Gmail. No reason to be paying $20 for what should be free.

Of course, if you've got an NSA problem, then you should be using something else. Or at least something else on top of Gmail.

If you've got a body of content you want to show the world, you should host it locally on your own hardware. Then you should buy a domain name, host it somewhere, and sync your local version to the hosted version whenever it changes. That way, if the host goes south, for whatever reason, you don't lose your content, but instead, you rehost it somewhere else! Or, if it's really hot, let the likes of Wikileaks or Cryptome mirror it!

The bottom line being, you always have a full copy in your possession. That way, no need for wget!

[cincinnati65]

Look into Hushmail.com, and pay close attention to their terms of service. They will only share your email information with a direct subpoena (specifically naming you and your email account) from a Canadian court. No metadata, no nothing. Your email is private.

All things Google concern me. I don't use Chrome or Google Search, and while I do have a Gmail account, it's my designated SPAM email address -- the one I give to companies I suspect will sell my information.

Not that I have anything to hide. I just take offense at the government looking....