"As Brin sees it, security and privacy shouldn't be construed as rivals: Instead, he says, everyone will be safer if the government knows a lot -- within reason -- about its citizens, and if Americans know a lot more than they do now about how the government uses their information. "

The anti-cypherpunk philosophy has been gaining ground lately. Its an easy way "out" and people will just give in to it. Information wants to be free...