If I surrender data to a big corporate server like Facebook, Amazon, or Google, even when they promise you privacy, I'd better assume it's public. There, privacy is dead, and information will leak. I think everyone on this thread will agree with that.

Now don't forget that the internet is not limited to the web of cloud computerized big servers. E-mail, file sharing and social networking are not that, for instance. They are decentralized by nature. They do not require Gmail or Mega Upload or Facebook. Such services can't last. They are a fad that will fade…

…If we do things right. We just need ubiquitous, easy to use personal internet servers. They are technically and economically possible right now. We have cheap hardware, and cheap software. We just need to wrap that up together, and massively sell them.

With a suitable propaganda about privacy and independence on the internet, the dream of a mostly decentralized internet may come true in less than 3 decades. And at that point, privacy on the internet won't be a problem any more.