You're not wrong. Ffs.
I'd say you made the point better than any of us.
I know some network security folks, in their 40's, who've literally said "I don't want to be inconvenienced" when discussing why they tolerate this invasive shit.
Motherfucker, your job is securing networks. You know first hand the kind of shit going on out there.
They still have a profile on everyone, established long before we could limit anything.