Why should you trust Google, Facebook more than the NSA?

"We want to be really, really clear that whenever you give us information, we're going to take it."

You might translate Egan's words as: "We're going to use everything you give us to make money. How could you possibly think otherwise, silly?"

Last Thursday, Google was in a San Jose court explaining very politely that of course it has every right to not only scan every e-mail you send via Gmail -- but also every e-mail that's sent to your Gmail account.

The argument used by Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and the NSA is the same: Trust us. We're just doing our job. We know right from wrong.