"Less Privacy is Good for Us (and You)"

Etzioni's article helps readers to see the complexity of privacy issues by explaining in greater detail issues that most people didn't even know were happening. Etzioni talks about how "biometrics" are coming into play; for example when Etzioni explains how "Wells Fargo is introducing a new device that allows a person to cash checks at ATM machines because the machines recognize faces."(132) This is going to be an invasion of privacy, although they are just trying to be careful so no ones money can be stolen. When it comes to invasion of someones phone call or reading anothers text messages on the computer is not right and this should not be allowed. Another privacy issue that is seen in the article is when a newborn baby is found to have HIV the mother can be tested to see if she is positive, in that case testing her is considered an invasion of her privacy. In the article Etzioni states "to save the lives of their children, they must be tested at delivery and treated even if this entails a violation of the mothers' privacy." (132) I completely agree with this idea because it is good to try and prevent more people from getting the HIV virus and if you have to violate the mothers' privacy a little it shouldn't be that big of a deal; in the end you are only letting someone have the chance of living a longer life. So all in all invading someones privacy is not always bad when it comes to saving someones life or keeping something from getting stolen, but when people take advantage of this is when privacy becomes an issue.

Untold Stories

Immokalee has become quite a larger community over the past two hundred years. It went from having very little people to becoming the home of many diverse cultures. Immokalee has attracted people for different events such as the casino being built a long time ago and redone this year, the drag strip that has big events a couple times year, and the air boat rides at Lake Trafford Marina. Immokalee differs from Naples in ways that Naples is more built up, and there isn't any open land compared to Immokalee which is known for its agriculture and has lots of open land. The Immokalee area has one middle school and one high school, while Naples and Fort Myers consist of many middle and high schools. I believe that the Immokalee community is living by both, the New and the Old American dream, because some people in Immokalee have jobs, a house, family and a two car garage, which is the old American Dream, whereas others live in apartments and have kids, are divorced and have jobs. The community is growing because of Ave Maria, the college that is being built in Immokalee. Over the next few years I feel that the population and the of the size of the community is going to increase greatly.