Then again, with how much can be done casually by literally anyone who is on the ship, not just starfleet personnel, what even is privacy anymore in 2380?
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To be fair, I already share my location with multiple friends and family. That cat is out of the proverbial bag.
I can easily see the enterprise defaulting to sharing locations, unless asked otherwise. I can also see the crew not caring, unless it's actually being abused.
The crew absolutely should care, given the number of times shit goes bananas on that ship. The officers have been repeatedly compromised by every sort of physical and mental mayhem-causing malady in the galaxy. They've contracted viruses that litterly drive them to do insane things.
Not to mention every single time the ship gets compromised, that data is actively used by the invading party.
All that being said...starship vessels operate like a navy. The Captain has absolute authority over their ship, and that's necessary because they are the ones with ultimate responsibility for the safety of every living being on it.
So yes, passengers and crew are tracked, and it's an understandable safety and security tool.
The problem is literally anyone can access that data without any authorization, approval, or rank. That, and individuals do not have the ability to opt out of it should they need to
I agree with most of that. However, do we know that you can't opt out? The ship will be gathering the data no matter what. Obviously command crew/security likely have an emergency override as well. At that point, it's just a courtesy situation.
If you're a petty officer, who needs to deliver a report in person, being able to check where the captain is would be highly useful.
If it's just a case of saying "Computer. Mark my location as private." and so lock it down to security critical personnel only, what's the issue? I suspect it's just a change of norms in Starfleet.
You are raising the concept of Starfleet officers having to go through their tracking cookie setups and privacy settings for their entire service and you're ruining the entire setting for me. Please stop.