On a side note, why not to have our own separate internet? I've been thinking about OpenVPN tunnels between dedicated servers and letting users connect to them over vpn links, of course. This would form a closed network with services inside. It's a sad commentary, but having privacy friendly network sounds like a breath of fresh air just 20 years after the Internet took off.
[1] Available for free straight from Cory Doctorow: http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/
My idea of the network like this is more about privacy than anonymity. And it shouldn't be too hard to set it up. I am just bouncing the idea around to see what others think of it.
Hackers on the internet care. Pandora's "free and instant information" box has been opened, I don't think you'll ever be able to close it again.
"Joe Plumber" on the internet will also care the first time someone hacks his bank account because his bank was using one of these backdoorable encryption schemes for online banking.