Why are we surprised? Questioning the Outrage over Internet Privacy

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2014/01/obamas-nsa-strategy-over-to-you-congress.html

  Is it possible to have a private life?  Many people today claim that privacy is a innate right that should be protected by the federal government.  Has the government ever truly protected human rights?  We sometimes forget that to create a society that functions, there must be limits and punishments enacted that stomp on personal freedom.  Due to this, fear that the federal government would spy on its citizens has been around since the mid 1900's.  So why did we think that the creation of the internet would change that?  Is it logical for us to expect the government to relinquish power when it has never done so in the past?