Whenever you hear the words "it's for your own protection" your alarm bells should ring and you should analyse the situation from all possible angles before you even consider accepting or consenting on whatever you're being pitched.
Did you know that in the early days of WWII the Nazis told the Jews that they're being "relocated" and that it's "for their own protection"? The majority would have never gotten on those trains if they had known the truth and by the time everyone, including non-Jewish Germans, realised what was really going on, the war was in full swing and the Nazis had enough power to force their will on the people.
Something they don't teach any longer in German schools.