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【engoo.com】Apple to Pay $1 Million For Breaking Into an iPhone

Apple to Pay $1 Million For Breaking Into an iPhone

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Exercise 1 Vocabulary

I write several sentenses using these words.
And a tutor refines them if they need.

  1. break into

    侵入する(句動詞) 許可なくある場所に入ったりアクセスすること
    I broke into my wife's room during she was changing her clothes against my own will.

  2. conference

     会議(名詞) 特定の話題について通常数日にわたって話し合われる大きな打ち合わせ
    Will you hold a conference next weekend?

  3. bug

     バグ(名詞) コンピュータープログラムの問題
    This game often occure bugs such it stops.
     -> Bugs often occur in this game.

  4. hack

     ハッキングする(動詞) 許可なくコンピュータやシステムのデータにアクセスすること
    My friend's computer was hacked by unknown.
     -> My friend's computer was hacked by another person.

  5. threat

     脅威(名詞) 危機や問題を起こすかもしれないものや人
    One of my coworker has been a threat person to the progress smoothly of our project.
    -> One of my coworker has been a threat.

  6. incident

     事件(名詞) 不快または危険な出来事
    We had huge numbers of the incidents last year.
     -> We had a huge numbers of incidents last year.

Exercise 2 Article

I summarize the article points and express my impression.
Besides, if there are words that I couldn't understand, I write down their words here and study them.

  • Summarized in a few lines
    Several companies pay a lot of money to look for bugs of their softwares. The researchers look for security problems.
    Actually, they had looked for many bugs by their attempting.
    Microsoft is planning to release the evaluating software which has a test environment of a virtual space.

  • My Impression
    In recent, all programs which is included various devices seem to be extremely complex.
    I have thought that how softwares keep their safety. It is so simple. They pay a lot of money for security researchers.
  • Words I haven't understood before much
    criminal attacker  犯罪者
    harm  害

Exercise 3 Discussion

I answer these indicaded questions.

  1. Do you find it surprising that Apple is offering $1 million to anyone who can break into an iPhone?

     My Answer:
    Yes, I do. I was surprised that its huge amount of money.

  2. Do you own any Apple products? If so, are you happy with them? If not, would you like to?

     My Answer:
    Yes, I do. I have "Macbook Pro with a 15 inch display" that I am using now. It is good but not excellent.

  3. In your opinion, what makes Apple products so popular? Please explain your answer.

    My Answer:
    Apple's products have very high reliability. They are very expensive for their hardware specs. But their concepts which include an industrial design, is really brand-new.

  4. If given the chance, would you like to work for Apple? Why? Why not?

    My Answer:
    Of course because Apple gives us a lot of earnings.

  5. Do you know how to code? If so, where did you learn? If not, would you like to?

    My Answer:
    I can do a little. When I was a high school student, I majored in electrical engineering. Designing a electric circuit was needed a little bit coding skills.

Exercise 4 Further Discussion

I answer these indicaded questions.

  1. Have you ever had any of your online accounts hacked? If so, please share your experience.

     My Answer:
    I've never hacked them. But when I was a junior high student, I tried to click one link and to open the movie on one bulletin board. But it broadcasted murdering movie.

  2. Do you take any steps to protect your personal information online? Please explain your answer.

     My Answer:
    No, I don't. When I lived with my family, my parents always installed an anti-virus software. But now, I haven't had it.

  3. Do you often find it difficult to remember all of your passwords? Please explain your answer.

     My Answer:
    No, because I have only two passwords. I don't use many passwords in case of forgetting. I certain it is too dangerous but I can't memorise them.

  4. Do you ever use the same password across multiple websites or apps? Please explain your answer.

     My Answer:
    Yes, because as I said a few seconds ago. Especially, google retains all of passwords in my account on websites, but in apps are no.

  5. Have you ever lost or damaged any of your devices? If so, please share your experience.

     My Answer:
    Just May in this year, I lost my phone at China during the traveling. It occured in the first date of it.

Exercise 5 Quotes

I answer these indicaded questions.

  1. Smartphones are probably the most important invention of all time.– Unknown. Do you agree? Why? Why not?

     My Answer:
    My thought is no. I think the most important invention is a light bulb. And the second most one is a refrigerator. If it were not existing, most of people might had died.

  2. Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience. - Haruki Murakami. What do you make of this statement?

     My Answer:
    I agree that. Cell phones are very convenient definitely. On the other hand, it is eaten a lot of time to touch it.