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105 Big brother is watching you 08 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS by injecting codes via computer games; other researchers sucked passwords and emails from an iPhone by hacking a power adapter.  But the scariest scenario painted by security experts is the hacking of implantedmedical devices. It may sound like the stuff science fiction films or James Bond movies are made of, but implantable medical devices like pacemakers or insulin pumps could be hacked to kill someone. Before you throw out your computers and smartphones now, you might be reassured by some experts who claim that there is a big gap between theory and practice, on the one hand, and the research community and users on the other.  However, even if exotic conference talk does not yet impact on our everyday lives, the days when ‘ethical hackers’ broke into the data banks of governments and banks to expose their carefully kept secrets and possible wrongdoings, or computer nerds got ATMs to spit out ready money, might soon seem tame and quaint in comparison to what the digital future has in store for us. Statements T F First four words 0 It is absolutely safe to use credit cards for online shopping. Q1 It is certain that IT geeks will hack into all kinds of computers. Q2 The more electronic gadgets are built into new cars, the safer they will become. Q3 Despite the computer revolution, criminals are predicted to use the same house-breaking tools. Q4 Household appliances will also be easy targets for manipulation in future. Q5 Smartphones are the least vulnerable electronic devices. Q6 Experts strongly advise users to throw out their smartphones and computers. Q7 Ethical hackers make secret governmental files accessible to the public. Everyone has heard of Explore writing: A blog post about file-sharing You’ve come across the following statement in the New York Times : 34 “A decade’s worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators – in this case, the young, fledgling songwriters who can’t live off ticket and T-shirt sales like the least sympathetic among us – and the people this reverse Robin Hooding benefits are rich service providers, whose swollen profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the music business.” (Bono Vox, frontman of the rockband U2) You have decided to write a blog post about Vox’s point of view. In your blog post, you should:   discuss whether or not it is really true that the biggest losers of file-sharing are the creators.   state your opinion on illegal file-sharing.   suggest some legal ways of downloading music. Give your blog post a title. Write around 250 words.  Writing guide, Blog , p. 178. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv