In terms of this one concern, more obscure services probably are safer than one which is so overwhelmingly popular, and it makes a difference if the service doe

In terms of this one concern, more obscure services probably are safer than one which is so overwhelmingly popular, and it makes a difference if the service does not have your data in plaintext. Of course it's easy to give up other kinds of security in exchange for reduced profile to NSA, that's a whole other issue.