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One of the year's biggest stories was the revelation of widespread surveillance by the government.
本年度最轟動的新聞之一應該是被揭發的大規模政府監聽活動。
We learned about the NSA's efforts to weaken cryptography standards, eavesdrop on electronic communications and gather billions of cell phone records.
所以現在我們已經了解到美國國家安全局一直在努力嘗試削弱密碼標準，竊聽電子互動交流信息以及收集數億通電話記錄。
Then came news that what seemed like an urban legend is actually true:
然后新聞上出現了好像都市傳奇劇情那樣的真實依據：
the FBI can remotely activate a computer's digital camera to spy on the user—without turning on the light that indicates the camera is live.
美國聯邦調查局可以遠程激活用戶電腦上的數碼相機對用戶進行秘密監視活動—而且根本不會啟用顯示數碼相機正處于工作狀態時的顯示光源。
That news comes courtesy of court documents unearthed by The Washington Post.
這一新聞是來自于華盛頓郵報最近揭露出法庭內部的檔案。
The FBI says they use this not-at-all-hidden camera trick to find transient terrorists.
聯邦局表示他們使用非隱性攝像頭尋找潛在犯罪分子。
The use of webcams for spying comes as no shock to anyone who followed the 2010 case of a school district in suburban Philadelphia that was busted for using school-issued laptops to watch students at home.
用于間諜技術不會引來人們注意的網絡攝像頭是2010年費城郊區的一所教區學校發生的一宗類似案件后才開始采用，當時這所學校校方采用教學配給的筆記本電腦對學生在家的學習活動進行監視。
Yes, lawsuits are underway.
是的，類似的訴訟案件正在調查進行當中。
So what happens now that everyone knows what the government's been doing?
那么現在當所有人都意識到政府一直在進行此類活動時，會發生什么？
Will 2014 see attempts to curb data collection?
是不是2014年我們就會看到社會上開始抑制此類數據搜集的行為呢？
Or have people grown comfortable with the demise of privacy?
或者人們已經對此類公開侵犯隱私權的行為感到麻木了呢？
