as if you didn't know enough

1) with Gmail every email you send might be by default attached to that which you are replying to, so say the whole correspondence goes on for a time without either participant deleting these from their account, at any one point, copies of the originals are made onto the databank that Google stores in perpetuity as we learn to the horrors of some among us. So there, copies of copies of originals. Folks, you realize your damage is done. There is no getting out. Say goodbye to your freedom days. There are less of them than you'd thought you'd have. Treasure the memories. Big Brother will swoop down any minute now. But live, live, keep living! You can always pick up knitting, which is useful for solitude, along the way

2) so say you want to change to Hotmail instead. Good news, it's same old same old. They would have been storing data without your awarenesses(yes i insist on this spelling) , because you, so happy and excited, had skipped reading the terms and conditions, agreed to them, so happy and excitedly while signing up to something, anything that is not Gmail for it's horrors and bias and dreaded power that is not yours to share. Yes you did it when signing up for Gmail, now do it again for Hotmail, Yahoo! and AOL and Cheerful.com

3) really what you should do is start your own server and no one, not anyone, not even Big Brother can say they hold something of you that you didn't offer willingly! you would have to get all your friends on board so that they will taste the benefits that you have created by your representation of the will of the people! And Barlow will shake your hand. Yes he will. Remember his hand. Remember it even when you discover it's not such a bad thing storing other people's private matter without their knowing. Maybe you'll learn why you need to or by coercion from Big Brother, he's made you his Little Big Brother. Lemony Snickets! By Gosh! Oh Golly! And yes, Big Brother is still somewhere up there and above you. Always. So have a go. Get to shake Barlow's hand. And learn that there's someone else's hand that would be more impressive to do so as compatriot, as Brother. Big Brother- his immediate ranks should be man's ultimate vision for success. Let's give credit where it's due to people who have made it. And let's remember why Big Brother's there. He's awesome, invincible, and for all primary intents and purposes, comforting