Maybe click baity, but it is a serious question which is being asked. Not out of the blue but after a pretty shocking revelation of the unnecessary information

Maybe click baity, but it is a serious question which is being asked. Not out of the blue but after a pretty shocking revelation of the unnecessary information they are gathering. Opening up innocent people to hacking is one of the most important reasons that this new school of data gathering is being discussed. Is it unethical when it appears as if the answer is almost certinly "YES!"? edit: I'm specifically thinking of Uber gathering which customers have phones with vulnerabilities.