I actually think this is a great question and I'm glad you asked it because it's such a common response to privacy. It's gotten good responses. The government

I actually think this is a great question and I'm glad you asked it because it's such a common response to privacy. It's gotten good responses. The government is not perfect. It's made of people. People who may be racist, sexist, homophobic, desperate for money, greedy, or corrupt. - Someone's ex burned them, now they hate everyone of __ gender and go out of their way to dig through information of those people and get them in trouble. - Someone is anti-LGBTQ+ and uses information to hunt people down and get them killed. - A racist particularly hates a certain race, and now goes after them in particular for small law breaking things -- jaywalking when no cars are coming, not using their blinker, not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. And while those are all crimes, now people of that race are being punished disproportionately. - Businesses with their hands in the government now have information to use against their competitors and create monopolies - Limits free speech - can't even discuss things privately. - Further removal of all freedoms because now you can't get away with anything even if it's a controversial thing such as drugs, sexuality, art/music, and protest. etc.