I think it's more like learned helplessness. People don't have alternatives to using the internet, to their smartphones, and to electronic money, that let them

I think it's more like learned helplessness. People don't have alternatives to using the internet, to their smartphones, and to electronic money, that let them still participate in interesting modern society. I think deep down, anyone who thinks about it knows everything they do with their devices may be tracked, is probably being tracked and analysed, but the tools are too essential to life, so they can't afford to worry. That said, I mentioned to someone recently that web servers keep a log of every request and the person was shocked! (Imagine if they could see the details kept by modern analytics and observability tracing!)