You don't think there is a qualitative difference between your security footage getting recorded -- maybe watched by a security guard half-paying attention -- a

You don't think there is a qualitative difference between your security footage getting recorded -- maybe watched by a security guard half-paying attention -- and then written over, versus having it analyzed, tracked, and stored for an unknowable amount of time? Or a difference between having the option of presenting your loyalty card, versus having your face implicitly being your loyalty card, with no way of knowing, and no way to opt out? Or a cashier glancing at your ID to check that it's legit and promptly forgetting about it, versus having it scanned and tied to the transaction, and combined with your other behavioral data? When you see a camera on the street corner, is that the same to you as greeting your neighbor?