In a democracy, the public should be asked how much security and how much privacy they want for themselves.
There's something seriously wrong with Google. Technologically, they're brilliant, sensational. But morally, its management is completely adolescent. The company is so big and so arrogant, they do whatever they like, they think they are above the law.
Defend yourselves! If people don't defend their rights, they lose them.
The nature of search engines is that they can make a major issue out of something small that no person would otherwise be able to find.