大学体验英语第四版第二册-8A-How to Protect Your Smart-phone from Identity Theft.docVIP

Unit 8. Passage A How to Protect Your Smart-phone from Identity Theft 如何保护智能手机免于身份被盗用 [1] Smart-phones contain much of the same personal data that we store on our laptops. While most of us feel compelled to closely guard our computers, it’s hard to feel the same threat of loss about a phone. From the time cell phones first came out, the worst we had to fear from losing, breaking or having a phone stolen was the cost of replacing it, the hassle of rebuilding a contact list and possibly a battle with the phone company over unauthorized charges racked up by a thief. 智能手机包含了很多个人数据，跟我们在笔记本电脑上存储的数据相似。虽然大多数人都觉得必须严密保护我们的电脑，但很难对丢失手机感到同样的威胁。自从第一部手机问世以来，我们对于手机丢失、损坏或被盗的最大恐惧无非是买新手机的花费、重建通讯录的麻饭，也许再加上因为小偷盗刷的支出与电话公司的较量。 [2] Now, with smart-phones, losing a phone can mean losing your identity, which is much more difficult to clean up. Smart-phone users may face the primary risk of personal and financial information falling into the wrong hands. Hence a few steps have to be taken to reduce the risks. 现在，随着智能手机的出现，丢失手机可能意味着失去身份，而要收拾这个残局就困难多了。以下是智能手机用户面临的主要风险，可能导致个人和财务信息落入坏人之手。 [3] The simplest and most basic step everyone should take to protect a smart-phone is to protect it using a complex and unique password. A password should at least delay the time it takes for a criminal to access the data in your lost or stolen phone. That being said, it’s not going to stop someone who knows what they’re doing. 每个人都应该采取的最简单、最基本的保护智能手机的步骤是使用复杂和独特的密码。密码至少能延迟罪犯从丢失或被盗手机中获取数据的时间。话虽如此，这并不能阻止那些蓄意而为者。 [4] For further protection, you should use data backup and wiping software that allows you to remotely back up and delete the contents of your phone if it’s lost or stolen. Other apps that can help you track down a lost or stolen phone will let you remotely use your phone’s camera to snap a picture of the thief, remotely force it to ring or sound an alarm if you’ve just noticed it’s missing, or monitor your phone’s location. 为了进一步保护手机，你应该使用数据备份和擦除软件，如果手机丢失或被盗，你可以远程备份和删除手机的内容。还有其他能帮你追踪丢失手机的应用程序，可以让