I don't see a world of difference. The government gets that information either way. Once Google and Facebook has it, it can be retrieved by the government throu

I don't see a world of difference. The government gets that information either way. Once Google and Facebook has it, it can be retrieved by the government through both legal and non-legal mechanisms. Again, we know this happens, Snowden showed us. The only option is for Google and Facebook to not have that information in the first place. That's just not going to happen - there is tons of financial value in knowing people's religion, ethnicity, etc. etc.