I don't really think that argument holds any water though people are ok with giving away some of their privacy because they believe that companies and governme

I don't really think that argument holds any water though people are ok with giving away some of their privacy because they believe that companies and governments are trustworthy and that they will not abuse it. asking them to give you their password isn't the same thing. you are not an "official" person that is bound by any company rules or laws and you could easily spend the rest of the day/week/month going through their emails wreaking havoc if you really wanted to. if a government official or police officer had access to their credit card number there is much less of a chance of them abusing it compared to someone they know or some stranger in the street. even people that are aware of their data being collected probably know that there isnt someone in a van or an office cubical reading through every email they send/receive. its all just bulk collection and someone only looks at it if you get flagged for some reason.