Ron Wyden is a treasure:

“The U.S. government should not be funding and legitimizing a shady industry whose flagrant violations of Americans’ privacy are not just unethical, but illegal,” Wyden wrote.

The difference is the part immediately after you stopped quoting:

They don’t understand how horrible the loss of privacy is…

What OP is saying here is that people know abstractly that smart devices are not privacy friendly, but they don’t understand how big a deal that actually can be.

is not out yet, but development seems to be moving quickly; it’s one to keep an eye on

Don’t use your personal laptop for work. Don’t use your work laptop for personal stuff.