I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. In particular that government and corporations are working together at high level, while maintaining opposing stan

I think the truth is somewhere in the middle. In particular that government and corporations are working together at high level, while maintaining opposing stance in public. When you're a huge corp like Google that operates around the globe, you can't help but to rub elbows with the government - collaborate and make concessions, if necessary (e.g. PRISM). The sad part is that the lack of privacy is advantageous to both government and corporations. One get better ad targeting, another tracking and control. So they're one team on this. The dispute is who and how will get to use the data.