> can't do anything with respect to legislators. In their eyes, your privacy and the consumer's rights are less important than some grandma

You’re correct, but for the wrong reasons. Privacy framings don’t work because people who care about privacy are unusually politically nihilistic and/or lazy. I’ve worked on privacy legislation. I’ve also worked on other laws. Nobody calls or writes about the former. With the latter, it was almost trivial to demonstrate to the elected that there was real political capital in embracing the issue.