Privacy, Technology, Hypocricy

I am an obsessive frequenter of Digg.com And though Digg now includes a wide array of topics; including sports, politics, celebrity gossip, etc.; it is still greatly populated by technology related stories.
I think those who frequent Digg.com can agree that the audience is more liberal than not. The top stories are constantly populated by political blunders and criticism. A frequent topic of which is President Bush and the NSA's continued efforts at the invasion of our privacy. Stories about wire tapping and bills that are slowly taking away the liberty and freedom that this country is supposed to stand for.
Another highly popular topic are Web 2.0 sites, (i.e. YouTube, Flikr, MySpace, Facebook, Blogging, etc...) There is a feeling of enthusiasm, optimism and interest in these sites. Whenever there is an update, new feature, or new player in the game, Digg is the place that covers it.

Am I the only one who sees a bit of hypocrisy in this?
We are complaining and mocking a government which imposes restrictions and infringes on our rights as citizens of a free state, yet we also willfully relinquish them simultaneously. Let me explain.
A few months ago, I remember stealing a New York Magazine from my school's library to check out the interesting cover story (it was an old issue, so don't make me out to be a bastard).

The article was called Say Everything, it was a brilliant story written by Emily Nussbaum; if you get the chance please read. She spoke about how the slowly but surely, the younger generations are becoming more and more prevalent and participatory in the new Web 2.0 sites. These sites prosper on user generated content. Different outlets to give users a voice on the internet present lots of updated and occasionally rich content. And what do the users present more and more as content? I think the cover of last year's time magazine person of the year put it very succinctly. Us !

Users post themselves on the internet, ALOT of themselves. Our thoughts, hopes and dreams in journals like xanga.com and livejournal.com; where we've been and what we've been doing on photo sites like flickr.com, photobucket.com and google images. We post ourselves on youtube, myspace, facebook, (and to a former extent friendster). Now we constantly update what we're doing with twitter.

The article speaks of how the younger the user, the more instances of themselves on the internet there are. That is because we are loosing our grip on privacy. Older generations can't understand why you would want to post pictures of yourself throwing up on your friend's girlfriend, yet younger generations see it as essential. It is shameless self promotion, press coverage to give yourself a fanbase and a pseudo-celebrity sense of life. (Don't these kids watch VH1? Celebrities are always fucked up, you don't want this!)

I understand how there is a fine line between giving up information willingly and the government taking it without our consent. But in the direction we're going, all they'll have to do is sign up for a facebook account. I wonder what they'll put under music ... I'll bet Cheney is really into Journey.

note: I am in no way defending the actions of this presidency, the republican party, NSA or Journey. I am simply commentating on recent trends that have become apparent to me.