> I'd probably trust the Australian govt to protect my data better than Google or even worse Facebook. I would not. The Australian government seems entirely i

> I'd probably trust the Australian govt to protect my data better than Google or even worse Facebook. I would not. The Australian government seems entirely incapable of creating any technical project of a decent size correctly. The list of disasters is quite long, but a few from recent memory are ones such as the census website which collapsed when people tried to use it [0] and the myGov project which has had so many data breaches [1]. Atop of which, the government's usual response to someone exposing flaws, is to attack them. Whilst I don't want Google or Facebook to have my data, because they will use it in ways I don't appreciate, my government will leak it. And then claim it wasn't serious and excuse themselves from any repercussions. [0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-12/census-2016-site-up-and-running-in-australia/7722738 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-12/census-2016-site-up-a... [1] https://www.smh.com.au/technology/revealed-serious-flaws-in-mygov-site-exposed-millions-of-australians-private-information-20140514-zrczw.html https://www.smh.com.au/technology/revealed-serious-flaws-in-... [2]