I treat it like the front entrance of my house. I lock my doors because I want to protect my things. Now can someone break my windows and steal my stuff? Sure. Can your average locksmith or even novice hobby lock picker open your front door? Sure. It still doesn’t mean I am going leave my front door wide open for anyone to just walk in. However, it also doesn’t mean I am going to lock down my house like a fortress and put iron bars all over my windows and doors, or move to some remote cave out in the middle of nowhere.

Each person has their own concept of how private they want to be, but I think it’s healthy to balance that with pragmatism. I think any kind of step towards being more private is worthy, especially in an age where your data is being used more and more for malicious purposes, but don’t kill yourself over it.