The technology has definitely played a vital role

James Gerick Writes This About Privacy In Public Opinion Surveys Americans always favor privacy. Then they turn around and sell it cheaply. Most vehemently oppose any suggestions of a national identification system yet volunteer their telephone numbers and mothers’ maiden names and even---grudgingly or not---their social security numbers to merchants bearing discounts or Web services offering “membership” privileges. For most, the abstract notion of privacy suggests a mystical, romantic cowboy-era set of freedoms. Yet in the real world it boils down to matters of small convenience. Certainly where other people- privacy is concerned, we seem willing to lower our standards. We have become a society with a cavernous appetite for news and gossip. Our era has replaced the tacit, eyes-averted civility of an earlier time with exhibitionism and prying. Even borderline public figures must get used to the nation- eyes in their bedrooms and pocketbooks. That- not Big Brother watching us. It- us. -Explain why you agree or disagree that Americans seem willing to sell their own privacy cheaply while simultaneously craving private information about one another. -Describe what role you think technology has played in these trends towards privacy. -Describe how technology could be used that might affect these trends