Technology experts will be more often working against your interests than politicians, because politicians will usually have some public interest motive and voter accountability, technology experts often work for "ad tech" and spooks.
I'm not sure why this was downvoted, but it's right on. Government didn't give us Facebook's or Google's pervasive data collection Facebook/Google's "technology experts" did.
This isn't to say that every technology expert can be trusted. The hope is that many eyes looking at the problem helps move the needle.
Politics might as well be the science of deception. My pithy opinion is that nearly everyone is more trustworthy than a politician.