BlackBerry ____1____ (有……瘾的人) may not be able to get their fix the next time they visit the United Arab Emirates(阿拉伯联合酋长国). Telecom(电信) regulators(委员) in the emirates(酋长国) say they will shut down _____2___ (数据服务) for the popular smart phone in October. The UAE doesn’t like the fact that the smart phones are too hard to _____3___ (监视).
BlackBerrys make governments ____4____ (紧张的). That's because the e-mails and instant messages they send are encrypted(加密的) — using a system controlled by Research in Motion, the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry. This makes it next to impossible for ____5____ (安全机构) to spy on those messages unless they have the Canadian’s ____6____ (合作). And, apparently, officials in the UAE don't think they're getting that cooperation.
RIM apparently has been in talks with UAE officials on this _____7___ (问题), and some believe the shutdown threat is just a negotiating ____8____ (战术). The company ____9____ (拒绝) to give an interview, but in a prepared statement(声明), it hinted at(暗示) a ____10____ (得当的) balancing act(法令) between the demands of government security and customer privacy.
In the statement, it says "RIM respects both the regulatory ____11____ (要求) of government and the security and privacy needs of ____12____ (公司) and consumers."
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2. data service
3. spy on
4. nervous
5. security agencies
6. cooperation
7. issue
8. tactic
9. declined
10. delicate
11. requirements
12. corporations
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