If you think of consumer purchases when you think of financial privacy, you live in a bubble of privilege. There are literally countries where people get sent

If you think of consumer purchases when you think of financial privacy, you live in a bubble of privilege. There are literally countries where people get sent to jail for giving money to pro-democracy groups or journalists. If you're an American, imagine a scenario where rights are stripped away from people at the federal level and donating to those causes becomes illegal. Surveillance has impacts far beyond your consumerist lifestyle.