Google, cloud storage...privacy?

Expect

hi,

Maybe I am just paranoid, or maybe it's just being well aware of the Internet drawbacks, but I would like to know how do you preserve your personal privacy while using so many internet exposed products? (Google and their apps, Dropbox/Google Drive/OneDrive/Box and their equivalents, other search engines, Facebook/Twitter...)

everyday we hear of new information leaks, a recent article mentioned that 7 million Dropbox accounts were hacked and information was leaked, this is just one example of course...but Dropbox is where people tend to keep some real private data.
And what about Google bluntly spying on its users? we all (or at least most of us) use at least SOME of Google products, if it's a search engine or email...

It's old news that Facebook does the same, a recent article exposed Facebook's intention to capture data which hasn't been posted or published (like typing a status without submitting, a.k.a keylogging)

I am in an attempt to find alternatives to all major services for all specially important data, but nothing is 100% safe, I guess it's just a matter of time until some of those leak too.

some common alternatives are:

Dropbox alternative - SpiderOak
Email alternative - Protonmail.ch

I would like to know if people even care for their privacy and what do they do to preserve it and if you know of any more alternatives I'd love to hear about those too.

iBrokeIT

Both Google and Dropbox offer two factor authentication. I also recommend you do not use publicly available information as your forgot password questions.

shodown

There are programs that let you encrypt your traffic that you place on them. For example I use box cryptor to encrypt traffic I place on my drop box. So if someone steals my password they only get access to my encrypted drive. The key is on my personal laptop which has authentication, and my regular PC password.

Asif Dasl

If you care that much why don't you host everything yourself - nobody is forcing you to use these services. QNAP storage allows a private dropbox like service and you could host a private email server like MDaemon or Zimbra if you wanted to. Use certificates and it'll be very hard to crack in to or track.

jibbajabba

Dropbox too - use owncloud ... Self-hosted Dropbox basicially.

Let's face it, nowadays the only secure way is living in a bunker with no access to anything, which of course is buried a few hundred feet under the ocean