That may be true, but the broken system is the government, not Google. Google appears (being the operative word...) to simply be doing what they can in the curr

That may be true, but the broken system is the government, not Google. Google appears (being the operative word...) to simply be doing what they can in the current system. However, I think you somewhat sidestepped hannibal's point. My impression was that he was saying that just by putting your files in drive for google to mine, you are effectively paying google. If they encrypt your files, it's akin to them discontinuing their monthly fee (or whatever) for the service. So sure, if you're already paying a fee for a service then maybe you shouldn't need to pay extra for the luxury of privacy (make no mistake, privacy is a luxury these days), but Google encrypting their revenue stream means you are substituting the ad fee for the encryption fee. Seems fair to me.