It's easy to dismiss privacy because it's the absence of something: namely the absence of information that can be leveraged against you. It's a preventative mea

It's easy to dismiss privacy because it's the absence of something: namely the absence of information that can be leveraged against you. It's a preventative measure to avert future harms like discrimination, data leaks to adversaries, and misguided decision-making. It's cheaper and more effective to cut that off at the source rather than trusting companies (who were sneaky in collecting that data in the first place) to be responsible stewards of that information.