The way this issue is repeatedly framed is as a trade off between security and privacy, with the implication that people should always choose security over privacy and therefore have no privacy. Which is utterly ridiculous. Insert any other two things you please: In a trade off between speed and safety, you should always choose safety. It's complete rubbish because if you always choose safety you can never leave your house (or, ultimately, your cell).

Even the trade off itself is a fallacy, because the reason for privacy is security. Loose lips sink ships. The same logic applies to individuals and corporations. Someone who knows everything about you can easily kill you (or rape you or blackmail you or kidnap your children etc.) Creating a huge database of everybody's secrets is an enormous security threat.