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
Don’t talk: your cell phone may be eavesdropping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software, a do-it-yourself spook
Don’t talk: your cell phone may be eavesdropping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software, a do-it-yourself spook
admin
2015-06-24
28
问题
Don’t talk: your cell phone may be eavesdropping. 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 thedownload,but ittakes 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. Vendors are loath to release sales figures. But some experts 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, 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 embarrassment 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.
Which of the following is true of the "spy phone"?
选项
A、It’s a complicated and inexpensive wireless transfer software.
B、It can be downloaded to the phone for free.
C、The download takes less than the time of downloading a ringtone.
D、Its targets are totally unaware that they are spied.
答案
D
解析
事实细节题。第二段末句提到,被监听的人对此是一无所知的:不管是通话记录还是手机账单都不会有秘密传输数据的记录,D项与之相符。文中第一段的确有提到监听软件价格便宜,但同时也指出使用软件无需特别的技巧,故A项中的complicated“复杂的”显然与事实背道而驰;同样,价格便宜并不是for free“免费”的意思,故B项错误;此外文中还提到下载监听软件的时间大约等同于下载一曲手机铃声的时间,C项与原文相悖,故排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ef74777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Politicalscientists,itistrue,havesoughttoconstructmodelsofpoliticalchange.Andthisbookowesalmostasmuchtothei
Whenspeakingaboutsciencetoscientists,thereisonethingthatcanbesaidthatwillalmostalwaysraisetheirindignation,
Whenspeakingaboutsciencetoscientists,thereisonethingthatcanbesaidthatwillalmostalwaysraisetheirindignation,
Whenspeakingaboutsciencetoscientists,thereisonethingthatcanbesaidthatwillalmostalwaysraisetheirindignation,
AccordingtotherecentsurveymadebytheGalluporganization,Chinesepeoplehashigherindextosenseofhappinessthanthep
ResearchersledbyNewYorkUniversityneuroscientistJosephLeDouxrecentlyclaimedtobethefirstscientiststoeraseasingl
ResearchersledbyNewYorkUniversityneuroscientistJosephLeDouxrecentlyclaimedtobethefirstscientiststoeraseasingl
ResearchersledbyNewYorkUniversityneuroscientistJosephLeDouxrecentlyclaimedtobethefirstscientiststoeraseasingl
随机试题
下列哪项属于内寒的表现
与干扰素的信息转导途径有关的物质是
根据支付结算法律制度的规定,预算单位零余额账户可以( )。
物业管理项目的评标工作应当由()来完成。
()不是矿山安全规程的内容。(2005年5月三级真题)
甲、乙二人共同编写一本图书,5天以后,乙因故暂时退出,丙接替乙,与甲共同工作8天后,共完成了所有任务的1/3;接着甲、丙又合作6天后,乙接替甲的工作,10天后,两人退出,问剩下的工作,甲单独完成需要多少天?()
给定资料1.前些年,小张辞去了城里的工作,回家乡的镇上当了一名快递员。下面是他讲的“三农”新故事:前些年,快递公司刚进这个镇时,全镇每天收发的包裹只有几十个。到村里送快递,碰到下雨天,三轮车陷入泥里,经常要下来推车,送完快递回来,鞋子
Initsmoreextremeformspersecutionmaniaisarecognizedformofinsanity.Somepeopleimaginethatotherswishtokillthe
在窗体上画一个命令按钮,然后编写如下事件过程:PrivateSubCommandl_Click()a$=InputBox("请输入一个二进制数"):n=Len(a$)Fori=1TonDec=Dec*2+__________(a$
Threatsfromnomadicpeopleinthenorthwere【C1】______throughoutChinesehistory.TheywerecontinuallyattackingtheChinese
最新回复
(
0
)