This seems to be a pattern. Politicians say giving up privacy is no big deal, but only because they think the new laws or whatever wouldn't affect them anyway.

This seems to be a pattern. Politicians say giving up privacy is no big deal, but only because they think the new laws or whatever wouldn't affect them anyway. So it's your privacy they don't care about. But when it's their privacy and when they get exposed for something or find out they were spied upon - oh boy, they suddenly turn into privacy activists. https://theintercept.com/2015/12/30/spying-on-congress-and-israel-nsa-cheerleaders-discover-value-of-privacy-only-when-their-own-is-violated/ https://theintercept.com/2015/12/30/spying-on-congress-and-i... I think this applies to everyone. Even those who think that for themselves privacy is not such a big deal. But in reality, they just didn't really think it through. And when some sensitive data about their private lives gets exposed, they also suddenly realize how much they do care about it. I urge you to read that article. It's very insightful.