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A. Read the information about Kevin Mitnick and answer the question below.
Why is Kevin Mitnick famous?
To many people, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with hacking. But Mitnick says the legend is untrue.
It is true, he says, that he broke into corporate computer systems and stole source code to satisfy his curiosity, but he denies the stories that he hacked into NORAD – North American Aerospace Defense Command – or that he wiretapped the FBI.
The FBI arrested Mitnick in 1995. He served five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of wire and computer fraud. He was released in 2000 and today runs a computer security firm.
Kevin Mitnick
b. Now read the interviewer’s notes and report which questions he intended to ask.
| ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ | 1. why / become so famous? 2. what / make of your celebrity? 3. how / firm / been received? 4. how easy / to hack a computer? security improved? 5. how much / trust online banking, usage of credit cards online? 6. pay bills online / shop online? 7. worried about ID theft? 8. miss being on the run? | 1. wiretapped the FBI - something out of a movie like “War Games” "Enemy of the State"; true - took code from Motorola and Nokia to look at the information 3. people who don’t trust me; but company receives phone calls, keep business going pretty well 4. get hired to hack into computers now, easier than years ago; only thing that’s changed – technical issues; depends on vigilance of operators of computer systems and network 5. trust online banking; if somebody hacks into my account, bank takes the loss 7. somebody stole my identity once, used it to apply for cell phone account; $400 bill, used mom’s address in Las Vegas when I was living in California under my name; really easy, all you need to steal someone’s identity – social security number |
/Adapted from http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/10/07/kevin.mitnick.cnna/index.html/
C. Report the whole interview. Pay attention to the fact that the interviewer did not have time to ask all the questions.
INTERVIEW
A. Use the questions below to interview three people in your class about their opinions and experiences.
- What are the most frequent types of crime in your country/city?
- How safe do you feel in your country/city?
- What is the most dangerous city in your country?
- Have you ever been the victim of a crime?
b. Report your findings to the class. Try to use the following verb patterns:
| admit doing smth / admit + that-clause complain to sb about smth / complain + that-clause deny doing smth / deny + that-clause explain to sb + that-clause wonder where/what/why/how + clause |
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