Here is an interesting excerpt from Security Now episode 485.
https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-485.txt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Posner
STEVE: And he went on to say, and this is the one that really got me, in fact Cory Doctorow was like, I mean, I'm sure he had to recover. Posner said: "Privacy is mainly about trying to improve your" - okay, this is Judge Posner, Seventh Circuit Court. "Privacy is mainly about trying to improve your social and business opportunities by concealing the sorts of bad activities that would cause other people not to want to deal with you."
LEO: Oh, that's an interesting statement. I mean, this guy's an intellectual. So he's thinking about stuff. He has said weird things before, including that he thinks that regulation of the buying and selling of children is a bad idea, that the free market should allow - so he's known for being outspoken. But I think a lot of this is kind of intellectual exercise. I hope.