在进入一个网络时,人们往往会输入一大堆的口令,将来也许就不再如此了,为什么呢?因为——当进行一项新技术的开发时,有标准可依总归是好事。在生物统计技术方面,API(应用程序接口)标准有助于开发人员设计出可互换的安全模块,比如:它允许客户从一家公司购买语音识别系统,而从另外一家公司购买指纹系统。但在这一新兴行业中,标准并非受到每个人的欢迎。事实上,该技术早期的很多用户正在煞费苦心地去使他们的系统不能与别的系统交换数据。多伦多地铁公益服务部并不想让他们享受福利者的指纹被其他政府机构得到。其负责人Rita说:“生物统计技术可能在增强完整的社会安全网方面带来极大的利益,但其前提必须是能保证用户的个人隐私。”该机构认为在计算机统治的社会 When entering a network, people often type in a lot of passwords and may no longer be the case in the future. Why? Because - when developing a new technology, it’s always good to have a standard. In biometrics, the API (Application Programming Interface) standard helps developers design interchangeable security modules such as: It allows customers to buy speech recognition systems from one company and fingerprint systems from another. But in this emerging industry, standards are not everyone’s welcome. In fact, many early users of the technology were struggling to keep their systems from exchanging data with other systems. Toronto Metro Public Service does not want them to enjoy the fingerprints of welfare workers get by other government agencies. Its chief, Rita, said: “Biometrics may have a huge benefit in enhancing a complete social safety net, but the premise must be that it guarantees the privacy of users.” The agency believes that in the computer-dominated society