To be recorded is to leave an immutable trail of the self which prejudices how you (and others) view yourself. To be monitored is to be categorised which is to see yourself in an imperfect and distorting mirror.
Look at your distorted historical reflection and tell me that it does not prejudice the choices that you make and so alter the person that you choose to be next.
To be observed is to be put into a taxonomy - a cracked funhouse mirror that never reflects the real you. Typifications aren’t a bug in the system; they’re the mind main feature. If the glare of categorization freaks you out, therapy is cheap and plentiful. And let’s be clear: the Noumenal - the unfiltered Real - is forever barred from our awareness. Everything we think and feel must pass through the sieve of perception. If that bothers you, congratulations. Welcome to being human. The only escape is non-being.
Would you want that done to you? Simple question. Not rethorical.
It's not my premise. Do you accept your own premise? That you can't have that right.
Do you want me to leave you alone? Or can I keep investigating the real you?
I already collected your volunteership for The Seer. It will watch you, not me.
Don't worry. If you abandon technology, people around you still use it, and The Seer will be there, lightly probing you.
We are not in an argument. We are in a social interaction that leads you to slowly lean towards agreeing with me. There is no escape.
There is no answer you can give. If you agree that people should have the right to be left alone, then you were wrong. If you don't agree, then you volunteer. If you agree but don't volunteer, you are tyrannical (you want rights for you but not for others). If you just leave, that signals you want to be left alone.
We are not in an argument.
Why don't you get curious instead? It's one of the site guidelines after all. Community trust and goodwill is the most precious thing we have here. Why throw it away?
That is the most profound expression of community trust someone can hope to achieve.
All you need to do is say that were wrong, or that you volunteer. It's an act, theatrical or not, of empathy.
Instead, you prefer to pretend that you are right. That no one is going to surveil anyway, and there is no point conceding to a random member of the community. It would be a personal shame for your image after all. You would lose what you perceive to be as an argument, on the internet. You can't do that, right? Your ego is more important than defending personal rights.
We all agree the answer is no, I would hope. It follows that you are not affording this topic a proper level of nuance.