@J12t

I remember years ago, someone made the point that the EFF had fought to prevent intelligence agencies getting hold of data via routine surveillance, but had been conspicuously silent when it comes to those same agencies simply buying that same data. They joked that Google funded the EFF and in return the EFF ensured that Google got paid for its data rather than having to give it away for free.

It's a conspiracy theory, of course. I don't think it's true. The EFF doesn't have that sort of power. But it does illustrate the strangeness of fighting for data privacy in a world where the company holding the data will just sell you out anyway.