The article starts off on the wrong foot and there the article ends.

Do you think that 'government' (and ie anyone that works for one) is any 'different' to anyone else? Or are we all people? Or maybe there are other descriptors?

Wanting privacy is not a crime or admission of guilt.

Note - the EU politicians exempt themselves from this surveillance under "professional secrecy" rules. They get privacy. You and your family do not.