Amitai Etzioni : Online privacy advocates fear government , but businesses are the real threat . Google : Corporations control what you buy , read , visit , drink ; whom you call , e - mail , date . Some shadow you , keeping detailed dossiers on you , to protect the information , he writes . I grant you that long experience teaches us that the government itself must be watched . Government protected medical and dental records , he says , and can help online privacy .
Amitai Etzioni : Online privacy advocates fear government , but businesses are the real threat . Google : Corporations control what you buy , read , visit , drink ; whom you call , e - mail , date . Some shadow you , keeping detailed dossiers on you , to protect the information , he writes . Government protected medical and dental records , he says , and can help online privacy .