I don't think the author is envisioning anything that compromises privacy and data protection. "Immunity for maximizing interopability" means the right to ignore anti-interop ToS, not privacy.
There are many use cases where either there is no privacy concern in the first place (think public Facebook pages locked behind account creation) or the user explicitly consents and enters their login information (e.g. in alternative WhatsApp clients).
There are many use cases where either there is no privacy concern in the first place (think public Facebook pages locked behind account creation) or the user explicitly consents and enters their login information (e.g. in alternative WhatsApp clients).