>Nevermind license plate readers have been collecting your data for decades. Nevermind you literally carry a tracking device on your person, likely 24/7.

While the above is a difference in scale, the various "credit bureaus" have been doing this stuff for much, much longer.[0][1][2]

That's not to excuse the use of ALPRs and tracking on mobile devices. It's all really creepy and collection and trade in such should have strong negative incentives (company breaking fines, loss of corporate charter, jail time, etc.).

In the meantime, one has to deal with at least some of this stuff unless you're willing to go live in a leanto in the woods.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equifax#History

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experian#History

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransUnion#History