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Don’t talk: your cell phone may be eaves-dropping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software, a do-it-yourself playe

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问题     Don’t talk: your cell phone may be eaves-dropping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software, a do-it-yourself player can now wirelessly transfer a wiretapping program to any mobile phone. The programs are inexpensive, and the transfer requires no special skill. The would-be spy needs to get his hands on your phone to press keys authorizing the download, but it takes just a few minutes—about the time needed to download a ringtone.
    This new generation of user-friendly spy-phone software has become widely available in the last year—and it confers stunning powers. The latest programs can silently turn on handset microphones even when no call is being made, allowing a spy to listen to voices in a room halfway around the world. Targets are none the wiser: neither call logs nor phone bills show records of the secretly transmitted data.
    More than 200 companies sell spy-phone software online, at prices as low as $50 (a few programs cost more than $30O). Vendors are loath to release sales figures. But some experts—private investigators and consultants in counter-wiretapping, computer-security software and telecommunications market research— claim that a surprising number of people carry a mobile that has been compromised, usually by a spouse, lover, parent or co-worker. Many employees, experts say, hope to discover a supervisor’s dishonest dealings and tip off the top boss anonymously. Max Maiellaro, head of Agata Christie Investigation, a private-investigation firm in Milan, estimates that 3 percent of mobiles in France and Germany are tapped, and about 5 percent or so in Greece, Italy, Romania and Spain. James Atkinson, a spy-phone expert at Granite Island Group, a security consultancy in Gloucester, Massachusetts, puts the number of tapped phones in the U.S. at 3 percent. (These approximations do not take into account government wiretapping.) Even if these numbers are inflated, clearly many otherwise law-abiding citizens are willing to break wiretapping laws.
    Spyware thrives on iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smart phones because they have ample processing power. In the United States, the spread of GSM networks, which are more vulnerable than older technologies, has also enlarged the pool of potential victims. Spyware being developed for law-enforcement agencies will accompany a text message and automatically install itself in the victim’s phone when the message is opened, according to an Italian developer who declined to be identified. One worry is that the software will find its way into the hands of criminals.
    The current predicament is partly the result of decisions by Apple, Microsoft and Research In Motion (producer of the BlackBerry) to open their phones to outside application-software developers, which created the opening for spyware. Antivirus and security programs developed for computers require too much processing power, even for smart phones. Although security programs are available for phones, by and large users haven’t given the threat much thought. If the spying keeps spreading, that may change soon.
What is the concern for the Spy ware being developed for law-enforcement agencies?
选项 A、It would be abused.
B、It would threaten privacy.
C、It would enlarge the victim pool.
D、It would compromise credibility.
答案A
解析 本题关键词是law. enforcement agencies，问题是：对于为执法部门开发的间谍软件，人们的担忧是什么?可以定位到原文第四段。第四段最后两句提到，为执法部门开发的间谍软件中附有一个文本信息；当该信息被打开时，这一软件就自动安装在受害者的手机上，人们担心(worry)这款软件会落到犯罪分子的手中。言外之意是，为执法部门开发的间谍软件如果落到犯罪分子手中以后会被滥用(abuse)，因此选项A与原文是相同含义，是正确选项。选项B属于就事论事，间谍软件或许会侵犯人们的隐私，但是本题的侧重点是人们对为执法部门开发的间谍软件的担忧(concern)。选项C属于偷换概念，第四段第二句说，全球移动通信系统网络的推广(the spread of GSM networks)扩大了受害者群体，而不是间谍软件。选项D属于无中生有，第四段并没有明确提到信任度受损(compromise credibility)的问题。第四段：人们担心手机间谍软件会落到犯罪分子手中。
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