I thought that the quote “Privacy is suffering the death of a thousand cuts” was perfect. There is no one event that has reduced our privacy, it has been many years of refusing to recognize the importance of privacy, and looking the other way. It’s a slippery slope and we are sliding. Each breach of privacy on its own may not seem like a big deal, but one thing leads to another thing, which leads to another, and so on. The unfortunate tendency of technology is to reduce the amount of privacy that we have, so in this technological age we must be very careful. New legislation needs to recognize the rising threats to our privacy that various forms of technology impose. We may even need to amend previous laws taking into consideration what affect technology has on them. The author brings up the idea of buying your privacy. I do not believe that privacy is something that I should have to buy, it should be a given. If it is not a given then our laws need to change, and our business practices need to change. Where do business ethics and customer privacy meet? Are some of these marketing practices unethical? Just something to think about.
Overall I’m glad I read this book. It has opened my eyes to the privacy issues facing our country, and I am going to do my part to stop at least one of the thousand cuts.
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I doubt that the government will do anything to protect our privacy. They passed the Patriot Act.... They want to know everything that we are saying because it could eventually, somewhere down the road, catch a terrorist and prevent him/her from doing some evil. The government WANTS to know everything that you are doing and allowing for more privacy would be the exact opposite of their goal.
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