第1634期:How to maintain your privacy online?

Some of us like to keep some things private – maybe we don’t want people knowing about our relationship status, our age or where we live – because these details are personal. The problem is, everywhere we go online, we seem to leave a digital footprint.我们中的一些人喜欢将某些事情保密——也许我们不希望人们知道我们的关系状况、我们的年龄或我们住在哪里——因为这些细节是私人的。问题是，无论我们上网，我们似乎都留下了数字足迹。On our social media accounts, we often display things like our opinions, connections and holiday snaps. The issue is, how do we stop everybody seeing everything? Maybe we don’t want a random stranger knowing our favourite type of coffee. And cookies – there was a time they were just something nice to eat. Now they seem to be popping up on websites. So how can you stay more private?在我们的社交媒体账户上，我们经常展示我们的观点、联系和假期快照等内容。问题是，我们如何阻止每个人都看到一切？也许我们不希望一个随机的陌生人知道我们最喜欢的咖啡类型。还有饼干——曾经有一段时间它们只是很好吃的东西。现在它们似乎出现在网站上。那么如何保持更私密呢？There are some steps you can take. First, on your social media accounts, check your privacy settings. Many social media platforms allow everything to be visible by default, and the onus is on you to set your boundaries. And limiting the amount you share isn’t only confined to social media. There are many sites out there that help you to share documents – so a good tip may be to not put anything too private, like passwords, on there. One errant click may send it to the wrong person.您可以采取一些步骤。首先，在您的社交媒体帐户上，检查您的隐私设置。许多社交媒体平台默认情况下允许所有内容可见，您有责任设定自己的界限。限制您分享的数量不仅限于社交媒体。有许多网站可以帮助您共享文档——所以一个好的提示可能是不要在上面放任何太私密的东西，比如密码。一次错误的点击可能会将其发送给错误的人。Finally, cookies are designed to improve your browsing experience by tracking and saving information about your visits to a site, helping to personalise your sessions. Deleting your browsing history may help, but there are certain apps which can block them if you don’t feel comfortable.最后，cookie 旨在通过跟踪和保存有关您访问网站的信息来改善您的浏览体验，帮助个性化您的会话。删除您的浏览历史记录可能会有所帮助，但如果您觉得不舒服，某些应用程序可能会阻止它们。So, if you want to maintain your privacy online, maybe only share things you’d be happy with a stranger seeing – and if you don’t feel comfortable with cookies, you might decide to invest in some tech to block them. If that’s not enough, just don’t accept them and visit another site – and why not have a yummy cookie to eat instead?因此，如果您想维护您的在线隐私，也许只分享您对陌生人看到的东西感到高兴——如果您对 cookie 感到不舒服，您可能会决定投资一些技术来阻止它们。如果这还不够，就不要接受它们并访问另一个站点——为什么不吃美味的饼干呢？词汇表status 状况personal 私人的digital footprint 数字足迹connections （常用作复数）人际关系，人脉snap 快照，照片cookie 饼干；互联网语境下指网站为辨别用户身份而存储在用户端设备上的小文件pop up 弹出platform 平台default 默认设定the onus 责任boundary 界限errant 出错的browse 浏览track 跟踪，追踪session （访问网站的）一段时间app 移动应用程序block 屏蔽tech 科技