Both can be true. Probably shouldn't make a regular practice of numbing out to this sort of info with the platitude "Big deal, my phone and facebook already have my data anyway. Might as well give you my mother's maiden name."

Privacy is not worthless just being one bad actor took it. It still is worth pursuing in all layers where possible.

Privacy may be dead as you suggest, but that doesn't compel me to dance on its grave.

Phones have never mapped your house and how would they do that? Tvs don't think it would map but yes they watch you.

+1 Indeed!