[depressedpanda]

> I'm fine with data collection as long as it doesn't land in the hands of bad people or special interests.

The only way to guarantee this is to ensure that nobody can collect your data in the first place.

While the government of today might be benevolent, the government of tomorrow might not be.

[jokoon]

> The only way to guarantee this is to ensure that nobody can collect your data in the first place.

It's possible to differentiate data collected by the government and other data collection. GDPR makes this difference easier.

> While the government of today might be benevolent, the government of tomorrow might not be.

That's either fear mongering or a slippery slope argument.