QUESTION FOR MICHAEL CHOROST

I thoroughly enjoyed the parts of the book that we read but I still have one burning question. I asked about the public and private spheres and how technology is making the private worlds of users more public. Chorost answered my question in class reasonably - I do agree with him that our lives were pretty public before. Smaller towns and communities didn't have much privacy at all and this notion of 'privacy' is something that is new and modern. However, what about data that is 'more' private? (I feel like we have to redefine what we mean by private here.... My version of it is that 'private' can be social - e.g. where you went for dinner and with whom the other night or 'more' private - things like your SSS number etc.)

Personally, I don't really care if people get a look at my social life. I know my Facebook friends like to stalk me anyway. However, I do care if people can find out about my extremely private data like my Hong Kong ID number, my passport number, my SSS number, my address and even my cellphone number to an extent. A quick Google search about data leaks yielded so many (recent) articles. If there are data leaks even with the clunky interfaces that we have now, what will happen when the internet is incorporated into our brains?

If something gets leaked on the internet now, people will see it but not everyone. By removing the interface, we get exposed to this data immediately. I feel like there are so many implications here. Would it even be worth it?