I value things like this because my threat model is "go F yourself".
Not you, all the entities that do not want you or me to have privacy and agency.
It doesn't matter what their reasons are from merely being nosy for no real reason, all the way to govenments trying to become panopticons.
You don't need a justification. No one needs a justification. "why do you need" is an absolutely invalid question from the first syllable.
And, I apologize for this because it will be unkind, but, when you roll over because you fear attracting attention, all you do is displace that attention onto someone else. Someone else takes on double hassle to pay for your avoiding hassle.
It doesn't go away. The attention is there regardless, and either we all bear a tiny bit and it's harmless, or a few bear it all and it kills them.
And then, when the the thorns are cut down, you end up in a worse world because now their behavior is no longer checked by any resistance. The level of grief you decided was tolerable, is no longer the level they will inflict. It's short-sighted and counter-productive in the long term. It's the same as all other examples of appeasement. Giving the bully what they want never actually accomplishes what the bully promises.