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当心，电子书也在“读”你

EFF has pressed for legislation to prevent digital book retailers from handing over information about individuals' reading habits as evidence to law enforcement agencies without a court's approval. Earlier this year, California instituted the 'reader privacy act,' which makes it more difficult for law-enforcement groups to gain access to consumers' digital reading records. Under the new law, agencies must get a court order before they can require digital booksellers to turn over information revealing which books their customers have browsed, purchased, read and underlined. The American Civil Liberties Union and EFF, which partnered with Google and other organizations to push for the legislation, are now seeking to enact similar laws in other states.

网络安全专家及作家布鲁斯·施奈尔(Bruce Schneier)担心，由于害怕自己的阅读会被跟踪，读者可能会彻底远离关于健康、性行为和安全等敏感题材的电子书，其中也包括他自己写的书。他说，“我们读的东西有许多是不想让别人知道的。

Bruce Schneier, a cyber-security expert and author, worries that readers may steer clear of digital books on sensitive subjects such as health, sexuality and security─including his own works─out of fear that their reading is being tracked. 'There are a gazillion things that we read that we want to read in private,' Mr. Schneier says.

市场研究公司Forrester Research的分析师称，美国使用中的电子书和平板电脑分别约有4000万部和6500万部。美国出版商协会(Association of American Publishers)近期发现，2012年第一季度的电子书销售额达2.82亿美元，而纸质书的销售额为2.3亿美元。

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