邁向無密碼式基礎設施的時代

重慶 王玉秀

主題語境：科技與信息 篇幅：322詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1Do you hate remembering passwords?Soon,you may be able to forget them.For years,we've relied on a secret we share with a computer to prove we are who we say we are.But passwords are easily compromised through a phishing scam(釣魚式欺詐)or computer virus or some simple social engineering.Once in the wrong hands,these strings of characters can be used to fake our identities all over the Internet.

2Slowly,we're kicking the password habit.The pressure is on to find more foolproof(萬無一失的)ways to confirm someone's identity.“We are moving into a world which we're calling passwordless,which is the ability for our applications,devices and computers to recognize us by something other than the old-fashioned password,”says Wolfgang Goerlich,advisory chief information security officer for Cisco-owned security firm Duo.

3Newer forms of identification are harder to imitate:something we are(such as the shape of our face)or something we have(physical objects such as security keys).For example,let users sign into mobile apps with a fingerprint or facial recognition or their phone's passcode instead of a password.

4Goerlich estimates that within five years,we could be logging into most of our online accounts the same way we unlock our phones.And then we will be able to finally break up with passwords.However,any system that depends on a single factor isn't secure enough,according to Vijay Balasubramaniyan,CEO of Pindrop,a voice authentication(身份驗證)and security company.Biometric information such as a fingerprint can be stolen,too,and you can't change it.

5He predicts several pieces of information will be used to confirm identity.Machines will analyze our speech patterns or scan our fingerprints.We'll also be identified by something we have and something we do.“Long road to cover.Secrets always get out.It's going to be scary,”he says,“but,it's time for consumers to demand a higher level of privacy and security.”

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1.Why can we possibly break up with passwords?

A.The apps don't need passwords anymore.

B.Using passwords means being out of style.

C.There are newer ways to recognize identity.

D.Passwords can be the worst way to keep secrets.

2.What can we learn about ways to protect privacy?

A.Nowadays people don't like to use passwords at all.

B.Fingerprints are a foolproof way to confirm our identity.

C.People have already made a perfect plan to protect our privacy.

D.New ways may be better than passwords,but they still have risks.

3.Where does the text most probably come from?

A.A research report. B.A science magazine.

C.A health website. D.An advertisement.

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1.For years,we've relied on a secret we share with a computer to prove we are who we say we are.多年來，我們一直依賴于與電腦共享的秘密來證明我們即本人。

【點石成金】本句含省略關系詞的定語從句we share with a computer，修飾a secret，to prove...為動詞不定式作目的狀語。

2.We are moving into a world which we're calling passwordless,which is the ability for our applications,devices and computers to recognize us by something other than the oldfashioned password.我們正在進入一個我們稱之為“無密碼”的世界，即我們的應用程序、設備和計算機能夠通過傳統密碼以外的東西來識別我們。

【點石成金】本句的主干為We are moving into a world，其后含which（第一個）引導的定語從句，修飾a world，且which在從句中作賓語，以及which（第二個）引導的非限制性定語從句，且which在從句中作主語。