I do not buy the "yeah, but look at all the awesome stuff we've been given in return for our privacy" argument. Not at all. All the cloud sync stuff is nice,

I do not buy the "yeah, but look at all the awesome stuff we've been given in return for our privacy" argument. Not at all. All the cloud sync stuff is nice, but not that nice. I would much, much rather have to run my own server for backing things up, or just backup locally to different devices, than be in the mess we're in now. We've given up far too much for what amounts, at the end of the day, to convenience. As for facebook, I'd personally return to the world before it existed in a heartbeat, given the choice.