There has been a massive loss of confidence in web security since Snowden (and rightly so). Major players now have to look like they&#x27;re not &quot;helping the NSA&quot;, so to speak -- this goes double for Googlers, which try very hard to hide their relationships with the establishment.<p>In a way, it&#x27;s good -- privacy on the web improved more in the last 3 years than in the previous 15 -- but it&#x27;s also a massive charade.