I don't think many people here are surprised, but putting this information front-and-center for ordinary people is an important step in raising the general awar

I don't think many people here are surprised, but putting this information front-and-center for ordinary people is an important step in raising the general awareness of privacy issues in nontechnical communities. I think that the average person on the street might jokingly say that Google knows everything, but seeing the extent of that data collection right in front of them might have a different emotional impact.