[pezh0re]

Agreed. However I think there's also a certain agreement in place with companies like Google. I willing accept to share my locational data with you in exchange for you telling me about a new coffee shop or local offer. I can weigh the pros/cons of that to ultimately decide if I opt-in.

I don't have a similar (or any) agreement with the government.

[LoganCale]

And furthermore, if the government had had its way, we still wouldn't know they were doing this. (And they haven't admitted to everything they're apparently doing, judging by more recent reports.)