it should be of particular concern to drone hobbyists. perhaps things have changed since I got bored of flying drones, but I recall it being very hard to operate a drone completely legally. the rules I knew of were themselves a pain to follow; the worst was the requirement to notify every helipad within five miles or so. at the time, I could use airmap to get a list of numbers for all the helipads in my area, but the listed numbers were often some random person's cell. even when I went through the entire list and dutifully called each number, I'm not 100% sure I fulfilled the legal obligation. I always wondered if I was in violation of any state/local laws I was totally unaware of. it seems pretty rare that any drone laws are actually enforced against hobbyists, but the penalties are pretty stiff. having flight data copied back to a remote server for authorities to pore over later seems like a pretty substantial risk.
DJI in fact advertises the fact that they'll happily broadcast your information to law enforcement in realtime - https://www.dji.com/aeroscope
It's a little scary.
I concede they are in a tough and uncertain spot with so much drone regulation still up in the air. still, it's always gross to see a company enthusiastically aiding the prosecution of its own customers.
Most people don't seem to care about data privacy
Because we're accustomed to American companies such as Google and every bank trampling on out privacy.