Less Privacy is Good for Us (and You)

The article by Amitai Etzoni discusses how the government is the "big brother" in today's society. Etzioni discusses with examples how the privilege Americans have with privacy has changed throughout the years. Today we are faced with obstacles that could ultimately change how much privacy we actually have. The question raised after the article was how does Etzioni's article help readers to see the complexity of privacy issues? Etzioni does a great job in explaining the issue of privacy today. Some of the examples that impacted me include the HIV testing as part of prenatal care, biometrics in the future, and bosses and neighbors listening in or getting into personal information. In my opinion I don't feel the government is listening into all of out phone calls because there can't be someone that does that all the time. I feel that the government only does it, if they actually do, in situations pertaining to the lives of others. The issue of women being tested for HIV and it being an issue of privacy I can't seem to grasp. I feel that a woman should want to know if they have HIV to protect the child they are soon to conceive. They should want their child to have the best of health they can.