The Sneakernet offers privacy. I trust nothing beyond that. I assume there's a backdoor on DW. On Yahoo. On Live. I assume all major companies are in bed with the NSA. I assume whatever the NSA hasn't cracked or hasn't pre-installed on at this point is simply because they don't have enough cooks in the kitchen to get it done. They will hire more cooks. It will all be accomplished. You're also forgetting that even if the program, app or tool you're using isn't explicitly in bed with the NSA doesn't matter because the NSA is spying over HTTP and all other protocols they've managed to crack/infiltrate/snoop on/whatever (or maybe you just missed this article). The tool you're using is always only half the story. Also, there's always a chance that those companies explicitly (knowingly) in bed with the NSA fear government takedown if they don't cooperate. Why else would they willingly allow it, especially after formally speaking out against it/denying at least some knowledge of it up to a point? Yeah, maybe corruption (money/payoffs) is at play but that can't be the full story. There is a culture of tremendous fear at work here. Corporations with everything at stake - their entire user bases who depend upon them, their profits - cannot possibly be immune from it.

*takes a deep breath*

Sorry to go off on a tear (and please know it's not against you personally and will never be) but I just want to get where I'm coming from on this more out in the open.