Jim H.,
True, where we are today in terms of (lack of) privacy is quite different from the days of the Edsel.
However, it is far away from China. There, the government is forcing their citizens to put an app on their phone to insure they follow quarantine. If the phone travels outside of your house, or you don’t send a daily selfie of yourself in lockdown to the authorities, you’ll find yourself in trouble. And it is for that reason that I support public review, questioning, and push-back on any further loss of privacy. The situation we have now in this country is the result of a compromise between the citizenry and the government and corporations. Like any compromise, the result is not wholly satisfying to either party.
If you think the privacy fight is already over and we should no longer bother, ask yourself this…
…does your medical insurance company use your DNA to set your individual insurance rate?
…does EZ-Pass send you a speeding ticket if they think the time between two toll booths was too short?
…does the state/federal government download your car’s OBD-II data to bill you highway taxes for the miles traveled? Does it also ask for GPS data so that each jurisdiction can get their “fair share”?
These are just three examples off the top of my head of where private-data access was successfully blocked. No, we’re not living in Mayberry, R.F.D any more; but we’re not living in Wuhan, China, either.