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Test z Angličtiny pro bakalářské obory - Test C - Úloha C

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Today, there are more ___1___ four million CCTV cameras in Britain.
That’s one camera for every fifteen people. The cameras are there to film ___2___ or illegal
behaviour. But they don’t just watch criminals – they watch almost all ___3___ us, almost
all the time. Every time we use a cash point machine, travel on public transport or go into a
shop, a camera records our actions. Shops say that this technology helps to ___4___
shoplifters – but only by treating everybody as a potential criminal.
Cameras are not the only way of monitoring our actions. Every time you use your
mobile phone, the phone company knows the number of the phone you ___5___ and how
long the call lasts. It is even possible to work out your location. The police often use
___6___ when they are investigating serious crimes.
And what about satellites? Are they watching us from ___7___ ? How much can
they see? Anybody with a computer ___8___ download Google Earth and get satellite
photos of the entire world. Perhaps governments are using even more powerful satellites to
watch their citizens.
Even when you are at home, you are not necessarily ___9___ from monitoring.
When you use your computer to visit websites, you are probably sending and receiving
“cookies” without realizing it. Cookies transfer information from your computer to the
website and, in theory, could record which website you visit. Modern technology is making it
easier to stay in contact, but it is also making it nearly ___10___ for us to hide.