That’s because nothing is private or untouchable to the hitech surveillance people.
All the things there are to give us digital privacy are to keep that kid in mom’s basement from hacking into our goodies.
If all this security were in fact good then there would never be any of these military grade attacks on our government, corporations and all that.
People are grossly ignorant about security. Google offers on their search page to securely store all of your passwords. Any mindless wonder doing this deserves whatever they might get. And who says Google is not selling this info on the side? The same goes for anyone giving their private data for someone else to store, such as a cloud.
I prefer low-tech solutions for high-tech problems. One-time pads in the hands of “need-to-know” contacts with certain ones having the equipment and ability to run numbers stations for communications in “SHTF” scenarios.
That said, I do use cloud services for some things. It’s so common that not doing so would stick out like a sore thumb. So vacation photos, posts to family and friends about day-to-day things. To the cloud operators and those peeking in, I’m just another upstanding pillar of the community.
The trick to using the cloud advantageously is being judicious in what you choose to put on the cloud. Some stuff is better suited for a piece of paper, neatly folded, and locked in a well-secured vault far away from prying eyes.