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Phone Trapping Software Don’t talk: your ceil phone may be wiretaping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software

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问题                         Phone Trapping Software
    Don’t talk: your ceil phone may be wiretaping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software, a do-it-yourself spook 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.
    More than 200 companies sell spy-phone software online, at prices as low as $50. Vendors don’t like 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. Even if these numbers are inflated, clearly many otherwise law-abiding citizens are willing to break wiretapping laws.
    Spyware thrives on iPhones, Black-Berrys 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 dilemma is partly the result of decisions by Apple, Microsoft and Research In Motion 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, but a large users haven’t given the threat much thought. If the spying keeps spreading, that may change soon.
According to the author, wiretapping______.
选项 A、is a behavior violating laws
B、is a proper way to defend oneself
C、is mostly used by private investigators
D、is a good way to discover one’s dishonesty
答案A
解析 主观态度题。本题考查作者对窃听的看法。由原文第三段最后一句Even if these numbers are inflated，clearly many otherwise law—abiding citizens are willing to break wiretapping laws．可知，虽然这些统计数字有夸大的成分，但是很明显很多在其他方面循规蹈矩的人是愿意进行违法窃听的。可见，在作者看来窃听是违法的行为，故选[A]项。[B]项“是一种正确的保护自己的方式”，[C]项“主要由私家调查人员使用”和[D]项“是发现某人不忠的一个很好的途径”，均不正确。
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