>They totally still call you paranoid

Id' say it's weirder still. A lot of people are well aware, and some even spout the wildest speculations about data usage, but if you actually go beyond shallow comments and suggest action (preemptive, legislative, etc) you are often met with a general "well, you care too much" attitude.

I get it, there's a lot of effort to be put in just to understand these matters, let alone remedy them.