To get to my apartment complex requires that I drive down a street where at least one house I know of has a street-facing Ring doorbell. Is that thing always recording? Can the police obtain video from that device without a search warrant? Are the owners of that house even aware of the privacy implications behind these devices, and even if so, do they care?

How about that story with the local pizza shop digital ad board that had hidden cameras recording people and performing facial recognition without their knowledge (https://www.bitcoininsider.org/article/1241/norwegian-pizza-...). Now it's becoming mainstream "loyalty" (spy) tech: https://retailtouchpoints.com/features/news-briefs/caliburge....

I strongly agree with you that upholding privacy is not a personal choice, but a societal one. Any attempts to suggest otherwise is blaming the victim.