> The fact is that if you’re worried about privacy, you should be far, far more concerned about all the data that various companies are hoovering up about you based on your online activity.
This fallacy is oh so common in folks resisting privacy measures. I guess it's psychologically tough for them to realise how bad the situation is, so they have to go to any place they can to resist changing their habits
Maybe it is just meant to emphasize that there are things they themselves believe to be worse. But yeah, this fallacy is extremely common. I love rationalwiki.org.
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Not_as_bad_as