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When I talk about the underbelly of the information revolution,
說到信息化革命的薄弱環節
I'm really talking about the unseen downside
我實際上想說的是信息化革命
of the information revolution.
不為人知的消極面
You know, we obviously have seen all the benefits
我們很明顯地就能看到
of having all this information at our fingertips.
信息唾手可得的所有優勢
But we're just awakening to the fact
但我們剛剛開始意識到
that we're also being surveilled all the time.
我們一直都在被監視的事實
We're being monitored in ways that were never before possible.
我們被之前從未有過的方式監控著
Every time we browse the internet,
每次我們上網
what we do can be collated and sold to advertisers.
我們的瀏覽信息就能被收集并賣給廣告商
So, basically, online there are hundreds of companies
簡單來說 網上有成千上百家公司
that sort of install invisible tracking technology on websites.
他們在網頁上設置了隱形追蹤技術
They've installed basically a serial number on your computer
幾乎就是在你電腦上安裝了一串序列號
and they watch you whenever they see you across the Web
在你瀏覽網頁的時候監視著你
and build a dossier about your reading habits,
然后建立一個你的檔案 其中包括閱讀偏好
your shopping habits, whatever they can obtain.
購物偏好 還有其它獲取到的信息
And then there's a real market for that data.
這些數據有一個真正的市場
They buy and sell it
有人進行買賣交易
and there's an online auction bidding for information about you.
還會有在線拍賣競標你的信息
重點解釋:
1.talk about 談論
例句：I never talk about gossip.
我從不傳播流言蜚語。
2.hundreds of 成百上千的
例句：The railway traverses hundreds of miles of desert.
這條鐵路貫穿數百英里的沙漠。
3.sort of 有幾分地
例句：That would sort of ruin the point.
那會有幾分破壞的意圖。
