I'm not disagreeing with you on the meta-point. I'm just saying, even if you're not afraid of the government you have reason to be afraid. As an aside, I think HN gets this message backwards. I think it strikes a stronger chord with people to talk about what their boss could do with this data than what LE could do.
I find debating whether the ship struck the iceberg on the left-hand side or the right-hand side a bit of a distraction from the effort underway to board the lifeboats.