Assembly

BSI

1. Read the article below. Complete it with words from the box:

system

keys

crash

websites

data

program

software

click

downloads

● change your homepage and other personal

IS BIG BROTHER WATCHING YOU?
The job of marketers is to collect information

settings.

about us. On the Internet this is quite easy to do

● get your e-mail address and information

in theory. We often fill out online forms w ith

about the people in your address book.

our choices and preferences. On the other hand, most people avoid giving personal details, or

Some experts say that Microsoft´s

they lie about them, so the marketers use other

operating system contains spyware because

techniques.

Windows XP is set up to connect your PC to your

latest

company´s computers without any warning. For
The

purpose

of ´spyware´

is to collect

example,

Microsoft

have

access

to

(f)

information about a PC and its user. Some of the

................................................................. about

most popular (a) ................................................

what DVDs your children have played. This is

on the Internet include these secret programs. It

valuable marketing information.

is a way for (b) ...................................................

It´s difficult to remove spyware, and it can cause

writers to make money, but the consumer

problems. Your computer can start working

doesn´t pay anything. The problem is tha t

more

spyware

(c)

............................................................ . Spyware

................................................, but you don´t

is normally legal. Programs with spyware

know it´s there.

normally include a warning in the licence

usually

gets

into

your

slowly

and

sometimes

agreement. Most people don´t read

(g)

licence

These are some of the things spyware can do:

agreements

● monitor the (d) .................................................

technical. If you (h)