>The other thing is, we want at the same time Gmail to be unhackable against best hackers and state sponsored adversaries for the billions of users, including high profile dissidents, journalists, and senators who will inevitably have accounts; and at the same time to homeless people who can't keep any physical thing. It's kinda difficult to meet those conflicting requirements well at the same time.

It's only hard if you adopt a one size fits all approach to security.

Google's proclivity towards treating its users as an undifferentiated commodity isnt proof that its users couldnt be treated differently.