You do have a point that this kind of data is, in fact, collected by mass government surveillance. I don't think the reverse holds, though. Politicians will no

You do have a point that this kind of data is, in fact, collected by mass government surveillance. I don't think the reverse holds, though. Politicians will not end up understanding private people's concerns over surveillance, because to them it's something else entirely. One is a frivolous attack on the individual, the other is a more abstract policy goal for the Good Cause™. I'm not saying this line of thought is legitimate, but instead that I have the strong suspicion this will not be interpreted as a message for "Datensparsamkeit" by the powers that be. I'm also wary of the argument that they "deserve" it. A lot of people who have nothing to do with said decisions were targeted, and maybe even some who opposed surveillance. The notion that "politicians" "deserve" to have their private data exposed by virtue of being politicians is Sippenhaft — collective punishment.