This isn't surprising to hear from someone who lives in a highly developed country like Norway, where you have very high (and obviously implicit!) trust in your government. I'd still argue the details of the implementation are very important and even in places where people trust their governments things like this should be approached with caution. But I'm not surprised.

The same attitude doesn't make much sense if your government is a bunch of untrustworthy criminals with unchecked (or unevenly-checked power). Imagine being from Nigeria or China and wanting those governments to have more power and visibility! Nah.