As the poster of the original comment, it's not blind trust of the government. Rather, it's a preference because I don't trust the ability of any single person, or private entity to handle this sort of thing. I get my stance is political, but I don't understand what isn't "hacker" about it. To me hacking means attacking a situation with the intent to solve it. In this situation, if the government is good, I am willing to see how they solve this issue.
I really don't have a rebuttal to your first point. The way people handle PII will always be an issue. My frame of mind comes from the fact that I'd rather some public entity privy to it than a private one like someone lower mentioning Google or Facebook.
The second point seems more like a problem with tech literacy than this program. There should be some way to differentiate a government email from a regular one. That and people should understand how to confirm it. Now I get it, I've had family members believe they have a virus because a pop up told them they did, but sitting down with them for 5 mins and telling them not to stopped that.
I'm curious, lower someone mentioned the idea that the government was already taking this kind of action. How do you respond to that?
This may seem weird, but I think the idea of what they're doing is spot on. If anyone were to get access to my things I'd rather it be the government and then have them disclose it to me. Additionally, if you don't want your information accessible you've had your notice to hire someone to lock it down or lock it down yourself. I would liken the service to the government checking the insulation on your house.