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The Need for Anonymity
As society in general becomes more and more reliant on technology, we find that our personal privacy decreases. Whether you knew it or not, electronic communcations can be tracked rather well, and measures to prevent this (ie. encryption or other forms of secrecy) can often make you stick out as a suspicious figure, or at the least paranoid. The increasing trend of surveillance in some public places also hinders our ability to meet secretly in public as well.
Does this bother anyone? Do we care that our ability to speak anonymously might be compromised in a modern world where anonymous political discussion and dissent might be of benefit to us? Personally, I wouldn't trust any government with my private information, regardless of who was in power. However, I recognize that the paranoid streak in me is saying this, and that others might not feel the same way. Hence the question.
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