纪录片《深入暗网》 第09期 阴险狡诈

Information is a funny sort of power.

信息是一种很有趣的力量

The way a government can use it to keep control of its citizens

政府通过它来掌控市民

is insidious¹ and sneaky, nasty² in some cases.

这种做法有时是阴险狡诈见不得人的

We have to all learn more about it

我们要更多的去了解它

and we have to in a way rethink, rebase a lot of our philosophy.

需要反复思考 重新定位我们的伦理

Part of changing that philosophy is to understand that

而这种伦理的改变首先要理解

our lives are not analysed in the first instance³ by people,

我们的生活信息并不是由人类来分析的

but by computer programmes.

而是由计算机程序来分析的

Some people just don't have an understanding

有些人就是不理解

about what's possible.

什么是可能的

I've heard people say,

我听人说过

"Well, we know nobody's reading our e-mails"

"没人会看我们的电子邮件"

"Because they don't have enough people."

"因为他们没有那么多人手"

Actually, hello, it's not...

事实上 拜托 不是说...

These e-mails are not being read by people.

这些电子邮件并不是由人来阅读的

They're being read by machines.

而是由机器阅读的

They're being read by machines which can do the sorts of things that search engines do

进行阅读的机器会像搜索引擎一样

and can look at all the e-mails

阅读所有的邮件

and at all the social connections and can watch.

所有的社会关系并进行监视

1 insidious   

adj.阴险的，隐匿的，暗中为害的，（疾病）不知不觉之间加剧

参考例句：

• That insidious man bad-mouthed me to almost everyone else.那个阴险的家伙几乎见人便说我的坏话。
• Organized crime has an insidious influence on all who come into contact with it.所有和集团犯罪有关的人都会不知不觉地受坏影响。

2 nasty   

adj.令人讨厌的，困难的，恶劣的，下流的

参考例句：

• She got a nasty knock on the head when she fell.她跌倒时头部受到严重碰撞。
• When this material burns，it flings off a nasty smell.这种物质燃烧时发出一股难闻的气味。

3 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！