Thou art naive, my brother.
The government relies on secrecy (among other things) for its security. God has given every individual the inalienable right to privacy (personal secrecy) for his/her personal security.
By divulging thy private information to strangers, thou art laying thyself bare to attack and abuse.
Knowlegde is power. Power corrupts. The more knowledge governments have of their citizens, the more power they have over them. The more power they have over them, the more likely they are to abuse their citizens.
Governments are instituted by God to ensure law and order, but when governments dare to take away the individual's God-given rights (like privacy), they themselves become criminal.
When individuals give up their God-given rights in exchange for protection by men, they forfeit God's own protection of them. In fact, they become God's enemy.
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Thou art naive, my brother. The government relies on secrecy (among other things) for its security. God has given every individual the inalienable right to privacy (personal secrecy) for his/her personal security. By divulging thy private information to strangers, thou art laying thyself bare to attack and abuse. Knowlegde is power. Power corrupts. The more knowledge governments have of their citizens, the more power they have over them. The more power they have over them, the more likely they are to abuse their citizens. Governments are instituted by God to ensure law and order, but when governments dare to take away the individual's God-given rights (like privacy), they themselves become criminal. When individuals give up their God-given rights in exchange for protection by men, they forfeit God's own protection of them. In fact, they become God's enemy.
(Score: 5, Insightful)