also... Snowden and Manning and Assange. and what those leaks entail about the "smartness" and eliteness of the NSA. People complain about Hillary having a private (well, non-government managed) email server. Yet look at all the leaks/hacks from government-owned/controlled/managed systems, and corporate.
My (yes, admittedly anecdotal and personal) perception is that Google/Gmail is more secure/smart/elite than the NSA. Based on public evidence to date.
So basically your perception is that an insider with access (Snowden, Manning) can leak more info than hackers? That's the most obvious and difficult security threat anywhere, something even Google/Gmail is susceptible to.
and yet... the supposed computer geniuses of the NSA allowed it to happen. whereas Google/Gmail has not, to date (that we're aware of, of course.) this was part of my point.
My (yes, admittedly anecdotal and personal) perception is that Google/Gmail is more secure/smart/elite than the NSA. Based on public evidence to date.