It is easy not to shoot yourself in the foot if you do not have a gun. Privacy and convenience are at two ends of a spectrum. Commerce likes to exploit this by

It is easy not to shoot yourself in the foot if you do not have a gun. Privacy and convenience are at two ends of a spectrum. Commerce likes to exploit this by making things more "convenient", generally at the cost of privacy. Sadly, the majority of consumers care far more about convenience than the often hidden costs of lack of privacy.