People have lost perspective about what's right and wrong and stopped taking responsibility for their actions, with predictable results. Government, which once had a limited role, has become increasingly larger and more controlling, regulating what we can and cannot say, do and not do. In talking to the average Joe Citizen, you find that while he doesn't trust his neighbor or coworkers, he still trusts the government to do the right thing. On the contrary, with more self-granted power, the potential for abuse is that much greater. No need to use hypotheticals to prove the case here.
News reports give actual cases.
Just last week the Detroit Free Press reported that some police officers in Michigan are abusing their access to government databases that contain our personal information. The thrust of the article was that police frequently access personal information about motorists they saw on the highway because they found the person attractive and wanted to know more about the person. When caught abusing the system, punishment, when administered, is pretty lenient. Between the FBI's National Crime Information Center and other government databases available to law enforcement, the officer doesn't need a lot of information about the person in order to find out where he lives, where he works, his salary, financial information, his health records and so on. The article reported that one officer actually stalked someone whom he met online by accessing the government databases and learning her home telephone number and where she lived.