What Are Online Privacy Issues?
网络隐私问题知多少？
译/袁峰
You might think that you won’t have to deal with any of the common online privacy issues as your e-activity is not worth tracking. All you do is browse through different websites and search engines, or post updates on social media platforms. No one could have an interest in that, right?
你也许以为自己无须应付任何常见的网络隐私问题，因为你的网上活动不值得追踪。你所做的无非是浏览各种网站、使用不同的搜索引擎，或是在社交媒体平台发布最新动态。没人会对此感兴趣，对吧？
Wrong. That couldn’t be further from the truth!
不对。这与事实大相径庭！
For hackers and cyberthieves, this data that you produce is a rich type of personal information, stating more about your online activities than you might even imagine.
对黑客和网络窃贼来说，你生成的上述数据是丰富的个人信息，所透露的网上活动底细之多超乎你的想象。
Battles have long raged over how third parties can access and use your data. But without the right privacy laws and with emerging technologies appearing constantly, our online privacy faces newer and more powerful threats each day. And these may have an even bigger effect than what is estimated on how your Web-based life is either protected or exposed.
长期以来，对于第三方如何获取和使用我们的数据一直争论激烈。没有恰当的隐私法规，却有新兴技术不断涌现，以致网络隐私每天都面临着更新、更强劲的威胁。这些威胁对网上生活受保护或被曝光程度的影响恐怕比人们估计的还要大。
Those preoccupied with what are the issues of privacy when online, ought to pay careful attention to the following 5 major threats, including:
上网时会有哪些隐私问题？对此忧心忡忡的人应密切注意以下五大威胁：
Cookie generation
缓存文件的生成
Wondering which is one of the biggest threats to our privacy?
想知道我们的隐私面临的最大威胁是什么吗？
Meet the cookies!
就是缓存文件！
Cookies are fragments of information that gets saved whenever you visit a website. This information is later used by sites to customize your browsing experience and to recognize your device the next time you revisit that particular website.
缓存文件是访问网站时被保存的信息片段。网站此后会利用该信息为你提供个性化浏览体验，并在你下次重访该网站时识别你的设备。
Ever wondered how come you are receiving personalized ads as if someone knew exactly what you want and what you are searching for? Well, you can definitely thank the cookies for that.
你是否曾纳闷自己怎么会收到个性化广告？似乎有人确切知道你想要什么、正在搜索什么。知道吧，这绝对是缓存文件干的好事。
Online privacy issues caused by the hidden cookie application that monitors your browser and personal data are likely to multiply in the nearest future. Wondering why?
监控浏览器和个人数据的隐藏式缓存文件应用程序会导致网络隐私问题，在不久的将来，这些问题多半会成倍增加。想知道原因吗？
Because your system is liable to collect more cookies.
这是因为你的系统可能会收集更多的缓存文件。
Five to ten years ago, in the event that you opened some specific websites in your web browser, you would get maybe a couple of cookies from advertising/marketing agents, but this would basically be it.
五到十年前，要是在浏览器中打开某些特定网站，你会招来区区几个来自广告/营销代理商的缓存文件，但基本上仅此而已。
Long gone are those times now. With the advertising world, the entrepreneurs, and all the other information profiteers depending on cookies to spy on your identity and learn what you could be interested in shopping, the cookies are just getting bigger and stronger each day.
这样的时代早已一去不复返。随着广告界、企业家以及所有其他信息牟利者借助缓存文件来窥探你的身份、了解你的购物意向，缓存文件正日益强大。
Online privacy issues caused by cloud data
云数据引发的网络隐私问题
You might love how easy it is to grab data through cloud services. But so do conduct law enforcement bureaus.
你大概喜欢通过云服务轻松获取数据，而执法部门也是如此。
If you use email services, keep files in Google Drive, or upload sensitive information like your credit card or medical records, whatever you set up there can be retrieved by somebody else.
如果使用电子邮件服务，将文件保存在谷歌云端硬盘，或上传信用卡或病历等敏感信息，那放置于云端的任何信息都能被他人检索到。
Unsecured location sharing
不安全的位置共享
Your cell phone is the first nosy parker1, but the locations you post and share on social media sites are revealing sources, too. Showing your whereabouts got even simpler now as many people are using a multitude of location-beaming2 devices like smarter watches, Google Glasses, or car trackers.
手机是头号泄密者，而在社交媒体网站上发布和分享位置也会暴露信息。现在许多人都在使用智能手表、谷歌眼镜、汽车追踪器等诸多位置传送设备，探明你的行踪因而越发轻松简单。
Equipped with all this information, advertisers might (for example) send you promotions for nearby businesses, wherever you are.
有了所有这些信息，广告商可能会（例如）向你发送附近商家的促销信息，无论你置身何处。
Data never forgets individuals
数据从不放过个人
Posting and tagging photographs online may feel like fun. But behind the scenes, it helps construct a facial recognition catalog which makes escaping notice increasingly hard for anybody.
在网上发布和标记照片想必饶有趣味。但在背地里，这有利于构建人脸识别目录，让任何人都越来越难以逃脱注意。
If these social networking platforms would use this data strictly to help you find other people you know on their site, it might be okay. But once these websites start selling user information to third parties, image data might be integrated leading to serious privacy and GDPR concerns.
如果社交网络平台严格使用这类数据来帮助你在其网站上查找认识的人，这兴许没问题。可一旦这些网站开始向第三方出售用户信息，图像数据就会被集成，导致严重的泄露隐私和违反《通用数据保护条例》问题。
Social networking websites make one of the leading facial recognition databases in the world and the tremendous number of photographs uploaded to these websites cause one of the main online privacy issues surrounding this technology.
社交网站是世界上主要的人脸识别数据库之一，巨量照片被上传到此类网站，导致围绕人脸识别技术的一大网络隐私问题。
Scanning cybersecurity
监察网络安全
You may not be a hacker, but this doesn’t mean your online activity won’t be scanned for signs of cybercrime. The federal government has made cybersecurity a high priority, as more and more concerns are raised regarding the vulnerability of the nation’s infrastructure in case of an online assault.
你可能不是黑客，但这并不意味着你的网上活动不会受到旨在发现网络犯罪迹象的监察。美国基础设施脆弱不堪，难抵网络攻击，此类担忧越来越多，联邦政府因而已将网络安全列为重中之重。
“Make no mistake3, everything we touch that is digital in the future will be a data source” says the IAPP4’s Hughes.
国际隐私专业人士协会的休斯表示：“要知道，未来我们接触到的任何数字化事物都将是数据源。”
In conclusion, you might be rightfully wondering, “Is privacy dead in the online world?”
综上所述，你或许有理由发问：“网络世界是否已不存在隐私？”
（译者为“《英语世界》杯”翻译大赛获奖者）
注释：
1. nosy parker 爱打听消息的人；好事者。
2. beam 发射（电波），播送。
3. make no mistake 别搞错；注意。
4. = International Association of Privacy Professionals 国际隐私专业人士协会。