Over the last few weeks, our media have been enjoying a classic technology scare story, involving shadowy whitehatted hackers, more shadowy blackhatted hackers, and the possibility that the pricey electronic equipment lurking in our homes may not have our best interests at heart, as if we hadn't guessed.

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过去几周内，媒体奉送了一场技术恐慌的经典故事盛宴，隐秘的白帽黑客和隐秘程度更甚的黑帽黑客纷纷登场。超乎想象的是，人们家中昂贵的电子设备也许并不以实现人利益的最大化为“己任”。