Well, I don't use google products either.

I use alternative search engines, I don't use any of their products (except Youtube, which I use without an account). That goes for my phone, which runs a variant of android, too. My mail, contacts and calendar sit on an encrypted, cure53-certified server.

I'm not under any illusions about the effectivity of my amateur work here. If the spooks want my data, they're probably getting my data. Hell, the same probably goes for that smart kid next door who really knows how to massage his 4/86's keyboard the right way.

But I'm done handing over the rights to my privacy to corporations who now openly announce that they can and will fuck with my private files and emails if they decide it's necessary in "good faith".

I actually agree that Microsoft's announcement does, in fact, not change all that much. They're just letting us know what they (even have to) do anyways. But it made me realize that it's about time that I decided whether I am going to continue giving my implicit consent to the general worrying trends in the world of "Big Data"... or if I at least try my best to make sure that I'm not part of the problem.