> all those other projects rely on public, trust and public acceptance of promises the government makes about protecting client confidentiality
No they don't. It is pretty much impossible to exist in the free West without interacting with government or its agents. Such interactions are either mandatory, backed by penalties or require you to accept onerous terms and conditions - including the right to share information. It's the demographics - we have another 20 or 30 years of this crap.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
