I for one couldn't care less with the sentiments. I personally don't trust people to all be inherently good. I find that most of the people who distrust the government in all things are deluding themselves into thinking that the average population is any better.
The average population has neither the resources nor the interest needed for keeping records of more than the comparably few they actually know personally... + you know...famous people (and even that info is through media).
I've yet to notice a neighbour tapping my phone or collecting my private text messages. The government agencies of some nations actually does these things and if technology lets them to this to hundreds of millions, they will. The info might always be handy later is perhaps the thought.
If I haven't given away info x or y myself, it means I want it private.
Heck, I even want to delete some of the stupid things I've written online over the years. But sadly, I can't.
