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必修第二册 UNIT 4　INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY A组 Ⅰ.阅读 A (2022山东德州教育科学研究院三模) Most people know social media isn’t free—it’s paid for with the collection of its users’ sometimes-sensitive information.Your GPS system keeps track of your movements,and your smart TV can watch you.Almost all the information these devices collect can be sold to companies or used by authorities to keep tabs or gather evidence.Meanwhile,we use technology so frequently because of its efficiency and convenience.Is the trade-off worth it,or are we selling our souls to the devil? SafeHome.org Team surveyed 1,019 people aged 18 and older about their opinions on security and electronic devices and whether they felt the risk to privacy was worth the security and convenience benefits.As it turns out,some feel technology is far too convenient to give up despite its flaws,while others would trash their devices if they found out it was spying on them. Interestingly,three major factors appear to have an impact on which aspect of privacy violation they find most shocking—age,gender and occupation. Different generations have different relationships with technology and,as such,have different concerns about privacy.Those 65 and older appeared to be very distrustful of technology,recording higher levels of concern than younger generations in almost every field.Those aged 45—64 all found location tracking, home security,and smart device privacy issues to be the most threatening.From age 18 to 44,the data trends looked rather similar.A distrust of social media existed,but they regarded fitness trackers,and public surveillance (监视) as less of an issue than older generations. While men and women seemed to have the same concerns about privacy in the digital age,a few interesting aspects existed.Women were more concerned overall with identity and location tracking.Men had concerns with these issues as well but perhaps didn’t feel as physically threatened by them.The place where men took more issues than women was the sellin