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Just add a "Not To Be Used In California" note.
If - yep, a VERY big If - that happened it would at least trigger a larger discussion. At the moment, no-one in the general public knows about this erosion of privacy.
Yeah that's literally what a lot of aftermarket motorcycle parts say.
It's not exclusive to California.
Many years ago it was forbidden to export strong cryptography from the US, like a giant "not for use outside US".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States
It's fine IMO to do the reverse now, even if it becomes the entire US.