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The first part is true. Why would you want corporations knowing about you. But the government part doesn't make sense. Why should your data be kept from the government? The government is the one organization I trust with my data because they hold records on every single citizen and have no monetary incentive to sell or misuse it.
My data in this case being stuff like Name, Address, workplace, family, medical history, employment history, friends.
Stuff I wouldn't want the government knowing would be my hobbies, my chatlogs, my search history. If they want that they should get a warrant.
I'm OK with the government buying/collecting and using stuff like location data if it's anonymized. I understand this stuff is needed to see general trends in the population and plan accordingly.
What about when a government decides that you must wear a special armband for being Jewish or Roma or gay?
How is that relevant?
That's typically the argument regarding being apprehensive about the government knowing your medical & family history; there's historical precedent of governments making very not good laws based on those.
Before WW2, the nazis basically outlawed being Jewish or Roma. A more recent example would be outlawing being gay or trans in some countries
I'd argue there's a much bigger historical precedent or governments not abusing that information and instead using that info to make informed policy decisions.
If your government does that you have bigger problems than personal privacy and data collection.
I do agree with you on that. I think it's worth considering but it's not inherently decisive