Well, it's sad to me but it is really no surprise

这令我感到难过但却未出乎意料

that the privacy issue has unfolded the way it has.

隐私问题就那样展现在人们面前

I spelled it out in the early publications in the '80s.

我在八十年代发表的文章中阐述了这个问题

Chaum's papers explained that in a future world

乔姆的文章解释了在未来

where we would increasingly use computers,

随着我们更频繁地使用电脑

it would be easy to conduct mass surveillance.

大规模监控会变得很简单

Chaum wanted to find a way to stop it.

乔姆想阻止这一趋势

I always had a deep feeling that

我一直深信

privacy is intimately tied to human potential

隐私与人类潜能紧密相连

and that it's an extraordinarily important aspect of democracy.

并且也是民主极其重要的表现

Chaum focused on the new technology of e-mails.

乔姆将精力放在了电子邮件的新技术上

Anyone watching the network

任何监控网络的人

through which these messages travelled

都能通过查看某人的往来信息

could find out enormous amounts about that person.

找到关于这个人的很多信息

He wanted to make this more difficult.

他想让这一过程变得更困难

重点解释：

1.spell out 详加说明

例句：He spelled out the government's plans in his speech.

他在演说中把政府的计划详加说明。

2.be focused on 集中于

例句：Testing should be focused on high risk areas.

测试应当集中在高风险的区域。

3.find out 发现

例句：Jill will find out your secret she never misses a trick!

吉尔会发现你的秘密的－－她很警觉！