“Will new services, paid or with a freemium model, emerge in the near future to either train and alert people about what is safe to share and what not, or offer them private networks, to keep using the Internet to share, collaborate and learn without the fear that it will be used against them?”

We already do, via a straightforward paid model, offer a “private network” to do exactly what you suggest: shield people from online privacy threats so they don’t have to make decisions about collaboration and sharing based on fear of retribution or other forms of online extortion.

http://www.cryptocloud.net

We’ve been offering our service since early 2007, though I must admit this year seems to have brought a qualitative shift in the degree of awareness we see in the market. Having never done any “marketing” in the conventional sense, 100% of our customers actively seek us out on their own volition. It’s been all we can do to keep up with growing demand, as it is.

Regards,

Fausty
Chief Technology Officer
Cryptocloud Network Security