Google might be a Big Brother

PGP has been my mainstay since around 1994. When PGPDisk came out, I started using it. Before that, I used Win16 ScramDisk. Both create virtual partitions.

But when the partitions are open, you are in trouble anyway. I migrated to Firefox.

I use an e-mail program that is virtually unknown (but I might migrate to Pegasus soon)

Never go "mono-culture" for your software, otherwise, you're vulnerable to plagues...