Answer Key
Internet – Comprehension Check
You have already passed this section on 2015-03-02 at 5:35.
- When something is PERVASIVE, it is [widespread]
- The author of the text says that the commercial surveillance system is being built [without our consent]
- In the US, most people [have no problem leaving the regulation of the Internet to the free market]
- The author says “There was a time when people's lives were transient“. What do transient lives mean? [lives that change rapidly]
- “We are already deeply EMBEDDED in the digital media systems operating all over the world“ MEANS [It's not really possible to live without them]
- Google [shares all personal data with its related sites and services]
- By the sentence “If you pay money for a product, you get a product. If you do not pay money for a product, you are the product“, the writer means [If you don't pay with money, you pay through losing your privacy]
- Should people really be concerned about releasing their data onto the net? [Yes, by all means]
- When you DISGUISE your indentity, it means you
- If you are not happy about what Google can do with your data, [changing to another provider will not help you much]