That is the most likely explanation. They want you to have something they can control.

I said it many times and I will say it again. Being spied on by a foreign government is a far lesser evil than being spied on by your own. Even when said foreign government is at war with yours. Being arrested in the middle of the night by your own secret police for some minor or made up offense is a greater and more real danger than the off chance of having bombs dropped on you.

The only exception is when you are part of your own government (for example, as an employee), since in such a case they know everything about you already anyway.