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That privacy is viewed as a bug is even more disturbing.

Linux on the Desktop was a bug until Mark Cuban closed it (controversially). I'm not sure why referring to it as a bug is disturbing.

It implies that privacy is somehow wrong, as opposed to a perhaps fundamental right.

The lack of privacy is a bug which needs to be fixed, I don't believe the OP means a users right to privacy is a bug.