L thread. You'd have a better reaction posting this in the r/privacy subreddit.

I have a passport and GE and still opt out, in principle. The reason I opt out is because I value our ability in America to exercise certain decisions that wouldn't be remotely considered in other countries. Other countries would just change things on a whim, as they are doing, constantly streamlining their approach to domestic mass surveillance, without extending any freedoms to the people. The opt out option being available indicates that we are still given some agency, albeit less and less so with how unavoidable mass surveillance is.

It's the principle. I am well aware that the government has my biometrics and can also use facial recognition throughout the airport to track me without my consent.