Security vs. Privacy - Reading Response

Ideally, leaving our personal information in the hands of government for the benefit of greater security seems like it holds reasonable ground. However, in the article written by Daniel J. Solove, Solove makes a solid argument in the fact that personal privacy is not always respected in times of turmoil. If we are to give up our personal, private information for this purpose of greater general security, where does our private information really go? We must question who - and what - is guarding our information, and to what extent this information is being protected and what it is being used for. Without questioning government of their motives with our private information, our privacy cannot be assured. Also, in the event of a security leak, one must question implementations in place to retrieve such private information. The “Luddite” Argument that Solove brings up is interesting as it literally applies to our beings as an individual. Rather than simply being information on paper, this information applies to real physical attributes. If such characteristics including eye pattern, fingerprints and voice were to be in criminal possession, it is almost worse than written data as these traits are not something that could be changed or altered. Acquiring such delicate information could lead to even more extreme security precautions, making the government an ultimate database of personal and private information. The value in giving up this much private information is polarizing, but at this point it seems that the negative aspects may indeed outweigh the positives.