I wonder if this has to happen in US so that people start treating privacy as a real issue and not tinfoil hat rant type complaint. Whenever I try to engage in

I wonder if this has to happen in US so that people start treating privacy as a real issue and not tinfoil hat rant type complaint. Whenever I try to engage in this conversation, 'I have nothing to hide' is a very common refrain. At that point I typically ask for their phone to rummage through. Oddly, that is the moment they hesitate. It is not ok for me to have this information, but a faceless entity connected only by an app? No problem. I fear for the human race.