Establishing legal consequences is our only mechanism of legitimate control. If you can be threatened with fines, and with arrest for non-compliance with the fi

Establishing legal consequences is our only mechanism of legitimate control. If you can be threatened with fines, and with arrest for non-compliance with the fines, then you are being controlled. Tyranny of the majority is a thing. This is why laws are an extremely blunt instrument. If people were truly interested privacy, they would simply boycott businesses that violate it. If they don't, there clearly isn't enough interest to possibly justify the use of force.