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Phone Trapping Software Don’t talk: your ceil phone may be wiretaping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software
Phone Trapping Software Don’t talk: your ceil phone may be wiretaping. Thanks to recent developments in "spy phone" software
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2013-05-04
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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.
What might happen if spyware is more widely used?
选项
A、Stricter wiretapping laws will be enacted.
B、More attention will be drawn to its threat.
C、Security programs will have to be developed.
D、Smart phones might be eliminated finally.
答案
B
解析
主观态度题。本题是对窃听软件前景的推测。由最后一段最后一句Although security programs are available for phones,by and large users haven’t given I the threat much thought.If the spying keeps spreading,that may change soon.可知,手机用户目前对手机安全还没有太多关注,但是如果间谍软件继续传播,人们可能就会开始关注手机安全这个问题了。可见,如果间谍软件继续传播,人们才会更加关注其危害,故选[B]项。[A]项“需要制定更严格的窃听法律”,[C]项“将必须开发安全软件”和[D]项“双系统智能手机可能最终被淘汰”,文中均未直接提及。
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