In this essay, Rosen defines privacy as “the ability to control the conditions under which personal information is disclosed to others.“ As technology advances, we as a people cannot help but lose a sense of privacy. Rosen points out the use of internet background checks and the widespread performance of them in all sorts of situations, namely when dealing with prospective romantic partners. One of Rosen’s main arguments in his essay is that because so much information about a person is available, that information can be and is often easily misconstrued and misrepresented. I agree with most of the points that Rosen makes, but on the other hand, there isn’t much the government can do about the wealth of information available on the in

I believe that our government effectively protects our right of privacy, and I certainly do not think that any laws should be made to alter the level of privacy that we have. Whatever we do, we are subject to being found out. If what we are doing is illegal, we deserve to be found out. If what we are doing is not illegal, harmful, or shocking, chances are nobody is going to care anyway.

ternet. Furthermore, it is common knowledge that internet activity is recorded and easily traced. Society is going to misinterpret whatever it possibly can, regardless of if the information is considered private in nature.

I do agree with Rosen’s thoughts on privacy in regards to intimate friendships. Intimacy, he claims, is not possible without the disclosure of personal information from one individual to another, information that no one else knows about. While I agree with this statement, friendship is built on trust, and there will always be aspects of people’s lives that no one else has any idea about. When building an intimate friendship, information about an individual that has been made public would probably be confessed eventually anyway. No invasion of privacy can broadcast people’s feelings or private thoughts, and that is a key element of a relationship.

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