I think Adam Curtis understands that the people he's talking about want (in principle) privacy for individuals and transparency for government agencies. I think

I think Adam Curtis understands that the people he's talking about want (in principle) privacy for individuals and transparency for government agencies. I think he's misusing the word "paradox" just as an easy way to describe that an issue is very complicated, with two different strong desires that can easily come into conflict. It won't always be straightforward to separate out information that is in the public interest from information that should be private to an individual.