英闻天下——512 Experts Stress Online Payment Security
英语课
Seven leading internet companies, including Baidu, Microsoft and Alibaba, have formed an Internet Security Working Group.
As CRI's Ding Lulu reports, it's hoped the new collaboration 1 will help lead to the better safeguarding of users' and companies' online profiles.
While Consumers enjoy the ease and the financial benefits of online shopping, sometimes their financial security and personal information can be threatened during the online payment process.
Many so-called phishing scams and malicious 2 websites try to cheat consumers by convincing them to transfer money to their accounts instead of online dealers 3' accounts.
Li Xiaoling is a product manager with Alipay, the largest third-party payment company in China.
"Phishing websites imitate a popular website, like taobao.com and some other shopping websites. Consumers have to tell from small details whether they are really the websites that they want to visit."
Ding Rui, a senior product manager with Microsoft, says no matter how strong systems become, phishing websites will never completely disappear.
"Driven by a strong financial interest, someone always wants to take the risk. And the word 'risk' is not so accurate, as there isn't too much risk as a result of a lack of supervision 4 and difficulty in handing out punishment."
Alipay began fighting the problem of phishing sites at the end of 2007.
Li Qiushi is Alipay's leading expert on market security.
"Actually, merchants, payment platforms, banks and consumers online are all victims of such behavior. We joined together to prevent these problems from occurring in advance initially 5. That has yielded noticeable effects."
To be more alert, Alipay product manager Li Xiaoling suggests web users don't access the internet without some sort of internet protection, such as an anti-virus software program or other safe control programs.
"Firstly, we hope consumers do not use the same pass code for various accounts online. Secondly 6, do not input 7 personal information like ID numbers into unfamiliar 8 websites or into those websites that the browser 9 reports as being dangerous. Thirdly, check clearly the usage of different verification codes and do not tell strangers the codes."
The internet companies taking part in the collaboration say it's their hope they can raise consumer awareness 10 to try to bring down the number of cases of online fraud here in China.
For CRI, I'm Ding Lulu.
1 collaboration
n.合作，协作；勾结
- The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
- He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。
2 malicious
adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的
- You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
- Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。
3 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
4 supervision
n.监督，管理
- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
5 initially
adv.最初，开始
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
6 secondly
adv.第二，其次
- Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
- Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。
7 input
n.输入(物)；投入；vt.把(数据等)输入计算机
- I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.我将永远感激他的大量投入。
- All this information had to be input onto the computer.所有这些信息都必须输入计算机。
8 unfamiliar
adj.陌生的，不熟悉的
- I am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
- The man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。