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週六來點新科技~~
 今日主題：Apple Pay Perturbs Prying Personal Prospectors
蘋果支付使愛窺探信息的人煩惱

 托福聽力最好的課外教材：60-Second Science
康康精選托福會考的主題，堅持每天精聽一定會進步的哦!!

 建議方法：
1. 先聽兩三遍 (不看文稿)
2. 再一句一句聽寫 (每句都要聽寫數遍，直到寫出85%以上的字)
3. 最後check文稿，看哪聽不出來，單字沒背過，還是發音不熟。
4. 堅持天天聽，就能每天進步哦。

 MP3音檔：喜歡的同學，幫忙推或按讚哦~~
http://online1.tingclass.net/voaspe/2014/20141101sa_tech.mp3

 只有音檔怎夠，聽不懂地方，不用怕，康康幫你準備好中英文稿了：

 中英文稿：
Apple's efforts to improve your digital privacy have met with surprisingly strong resistance from companies and agencies that want your info. Seems that confidentiality hampers efforts to track buying habits—and bad guys.
蘋果公司致力於提高電子產品隱私的過程中，遭到想獲得你信息的公司和機構的強烈抵制。似乎不利於保密方面工作的開展，但是他們努力阻止這些習慣追蹤購買信息的壞傢伙。

The controversy revolves around what's called Apple Pay. By employing the newly released payment system, users of the latest i-devices can now buy things without flashing a credit or debit card. Google's offered a similar digital wallet for years, but Apple's version will not collect transaction info or store card numbers on your device.
爭論涉及到所謂的「蘋果支付」(Apple Pay是蘋果公司在2014蘋果秋季新品發佈會上發佈的一種基於NFC的手機支付功能)。通過使用這個新發行的支付系統，使用蘋果最新電子產品的用戶可以 不用刷卡就能購買東西。谷歌已經使用一個類似的數字錢包好幾年了，但是蘋果公司的版本不會收集你電子設備上的交易信息或者存儲卡號碼。

Many retailers have bought in to Apple Pay. It promises to be more secure than plastic, and companies such as Staples need all the help they can get when it comes to data security. But other outfits, including retail giants Walmart and Best Buy, have rejected the Apple Pay technology because it prevents them from tracking customer-purchasing preferences. They're working on a rival smartphone payment app called CurrentC.
許多零售商引進「蘋果支付」，「蘋果支付」承諾比其它的信用卡和公司更安全，比如：關於數據安全的問題方面，史泰博公司（Staples）能得到所有的幫 助。但是其它的公司，包括：零售業巨頭沃爾瑪和百思買集團(Best Buy)都拒絕了「蘋果支付」技術，因為它阻礙了他們跟蹤調查顧客的購買喜好。他們致力於打造一款有競爭力的叫「CurrentC」的智能手機支付應用程 序。

Meanwhile, law enforcement has demonized Apple over iOS 8, which pass code-protects photos and other info on the newest iPhones and iPads. Apple doesn't store the pass codes, so it cannot turn them over even if there's a warrant. Google will offer similar device encryption in an upcoming version of Android.
同時，執法機構已經妖魔化蘋果的iOS8操作系統。蘋果產品的加密系統保護最新手機和平板電腦上的照片和其它信息。蘋果產品不會保存用戶口令，所以即使有搜查令，也不會將用戶信息交出來。未來的安卓版本，谷歌會發佈一款類似的加密程序。

Apple exerted its will on the music and publishing industries. We'll see if the company has the clout to now move the needle on privacy.
蘋果公司在音樂和出版業發揮影響力。我們將會看到蘋果公司在保護隱私方面所做的努力是否具有影響力。
—Larry Greenemeier

—拉瑞‧格林米爾