Big Tech is already throwing millions into lobbying and jockeying for position on the upcoming privacy battle in America. They are pushing for self-regulation, which is likely even worse than the fox guarding the henhouse. Only consumers and citizens can cut Big Tech down to size, and they must.
5G carriers have successfully lobbied the FCC to block city surcharges on their 5G installations. This oversteps FCC authority and is patently unconstitutional. Basically, carriers want cities to stay out of their hair as they rollout 5G nilly-willy across America. This underscores that Big Tech is in full control of the political/regulatory process.
The Department of Homeland Security is inching toward's China's "Leave no dark corner" total surveillance society, despite condemnation from every privacy protection group in America. The optical recognition images they collect are far more complex than normal snapshots. Because 2.5 million passengers fly every single day, there is no better place to build a national biometric database than through the TSA in airports.