政府和企业

had begun to harness the power of computing.

开始利用计算机的力量

They seemed to promise a future of efficiency,

他们似乎都期许一个高效的未来

of problems becoming overcome thanks to technology.

借助科技使难题得以解决

Yet not everyone was so convinced.

但不是所有人都相信这点

David Chaum was a computer scientist at Berkeley.

大卫·乔姆是伯克利大学的一名计算机科学家

For him, a world in which we would become

在他看来 当越来越多的人

increasingly joined together by machines in a network

通过机器在网络中联系在一起

held grave dangers.

这个世界就暗藏着巨大的危险

As computing advanced, he grew increasingly convinced

随着计算机的发展 他更加坚信

of the threats these networks could pose.

网络将会对我们造成威胁

David Chaum was very far ahead of his time.

大卫·乔姆当时的想法远远走在时代的前面

He predicted in the early 1980s concerns that would

他在八十年代初期曾表达

arise on the internet 15 or 20 years later -

十五或二十年后互联网领域会出现的问题

the whole field of traffic analysis

通讯分析领域的崛起

that allows you to predict the behaviours of individuals,

能通过观察信息交流模式

not by looking at the contents of their e-mails

而非浏览电子邮件内容

but by looking at the patterns of communication.

来预测个体的行为

David Chaum to some extent

从某种程度上讲

foresaw that and solved the problem.

大卫·乔姆预见了这个问题并提出了解决方法

重点解释：

1.thanks to 由于

例句：Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled.

多亏这个倒霉天气，挺好的比赛取消了。

2.ahead of 在 ... 前面

例句：A still better tomorrow lies ahead of you.

展现在你们前面的是更加美好的未来。