首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
In 2004 Google unveiled Gmail: a powerful e-mail account with a gigabyte of storage. That was 500 times what Hotmail was offerin
In 2004 Google unveiled Gmail: a powerful e-mail account with a gigabyte of storage. That was 500 times what Hotmail was offerin
admin
2012-07-06
63
问题
In 2004 Google unveiled Gmail: a powerful e-mail account with a gigabyte of storage. That was 500 times what Hotmail was offering—so much storage, the original Gmail didn’t even offer a delete button—and all for free. But not everyone rejoiced. Gmail paid for all of this goodness by displaying small text ads, off to the right of each incoming message, relevant to its contents. Privacy advocates went ballistic. It didn’t seem to matter to them that a software algorithm—not a human being—was scanning your messages for keywords. The Electronic Privacy Information Center called for Gmail to be shut down, and a California state senator proposed a bill that would make it illegal to scan the contents of incoming e-mail.
To many people, it seems that the more time we spend online, the more often we are offered convenience in exchange for our privacy. Grocery stores’ affinity cards give us discounts—but let them track what we are buying and eating. Amazon, com greets us by name and remembers what we have bought. Facebook has amassed the largest database of personal information in human history (more than half a billion people).
Of course, convenience-for-privacy deals have been going on for years. Credit cards leave a trail. Phones give phone company employees a record of who you’ve been calling. It’s nice to have a house to live in—but buying one leaves a permanent record of your whereabouts.
There are some good reasons to protect certain aspects of our privacy, of course. We would never want our medical or financial details to keep us from getting a job—or a date. We might not want our voting patterns made public. But beyond those obvious exceptions, privacy fears have always been more of an emotional reaction than a rational one. (Does anyone really care what groceries you buy? Does it matter if they do?) And in the online world, much of it is simply fear of the unknown, of what’s new.
In time, as the unknown becomes familiar, each new wave of online-privacy terror seems to fade away. Nobody
bats an eye over
Gmail’s ad-scanning feature anymore. Even middle-agers and grandparents are signing up for Facebook. The younger generation can’t even comprehend why their elders worry about privacy. Indeed, the entire appeal of the new age of online services is to broadcast personal information. On purpose. Foursquare, Gowalla and Face-book Places even publicize your current location, so that your friends can track your movements (and, of course, join you).
If you were among those who thought that Google overstepped privacy lines with Gmail, you must be positively freaked about these developments. But at least some aspects of your privacy have been gone for years. The fear you feel may be real, but the chances of someone actually looking up the boring details of your life are reassuringly small. As with fear of flying, shark attacks or lightning, your gut may not be getting realistic data from your brain. [497 words]
Which of the following is closest to the meaning of this text?
选项
A、The fear of ill exceeds the ills we fear.
B、Caution is the parent of safety.
C、Do not wash your dirty linen in public.
D、All news has wings.
答案
A
解析
本题考查文章主旨。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.kaotiyun.com/show/hvp4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelist(A、B、C、
TheprofessortalkedtoAmericanandBrazilianstudentsaboutlatenessinbothaninformalandaformalsituation:lunchwitha
TheprofessortalkedtoAmericanandBrazilianstudentsaboutlatenessinbothaninformalandaformalsituation:lunchwitha
Thesimpleperceptionofnaturalformsisadelight.(46)Theinfluenceoftheformsandactionsinnatureissoneedfultoman,
Lookatthefollowingpictureandwriteanarticleonoverweightkidsinourcountry.Yourarticleshouldmeetthefollowingtwo
YourroommateMarytransferredtoanotherschoolafewdaysago.Writeraletterto:1)expressyourfeelingofmissing;
TheauthorwoulddescribetheReisses’lifeasInDarrah’sopinion,peopleshould
Fromthefirstthreeparagraphs,welearnthat______.GeorgeAnnaswouldprobablyagreethatdoctorsshouldbepunishedifthe
Earthquakebeltsare______.TheSanAndreasFaultis______.
Whenanyoneopensacurrentaccountatabank,heislendingthebankmoney.Hemay(1)_____therepaymentofthemoneyatanyt
随机试题
患者,女性,30岁,左腰被撞击1小时后就诊。BP120/70mmHg,Hb110g/L,腹部无肌紧张及压痛,左侧腹部触及包块,范围局限,无移动性浊音。可能的诊断为
乳果糖属于
在碱性尿液中弱碱性药物()。
下列关于NPV与IRR,说法正确的是( )。
采用信用证结汇时,银行要求“单证表面严格相符”。但如出现单证不符,出口商可以采用()。
货币供不应求,利率上升;货币供过于求,利率下降。因而适当调节利率水平,就可以直接调节()。
咨询人员在对企业进行业务流程再造活动中,每项建议措施都与客户充分讨论并获得认可,特别关注流程的安全性、经济性和流程中团队作用的挖掘。业务流程再造应遵循的原则有()。
2005年1月9日巴勒斯坦历史上第二次大选落幕,以62.5%的最高得票率顺利当选巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席的是
AgingposesaseriouschallengetoOECD(OrganizationofEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment)countries,inparticular,howto
A.incomeB.polarizationC.transformationsD.oldE.changesF.worseG.relaxedH.therebyI.divisionJ.accompanying
最新回复
(
0
)