5G網絡可能帶來新問題,你的位置不再是隱私

The fifth-generation cellular network rolling out in America and other countries this year will revolutionize the way our devices connect to the internet and to one another.

今年在美國和其他國家鋪開的5G網絡將徹底改革我們的設備連接互聯網以及彼此互聯的方式。

5G is such a technologically important leap forward–without it the future smart cities we dream about where everything is connected simply wouldn’t be possible.

5G網絡從技術層面上取得了重大的飛躍，沒有這項技術，我們夢想中萬物互聯的未來智能城市不可能實現。

However, there is one major–and unavoidable–drawback to 5G: It’s going to cost you your location privacy.

然而，5G網絡有一個不可避免的重大缺陷：那就是你的位置將不再是隱私。

Anyone with access to your ISP’s cell tower data will be able to hone in on your exact location far more precisely than they can today under our 4G networks.

任何可以訪問你的互聯網服務供應商（ISP）手機基站數據的人都可以鎖定你的確切位置，這比我們目前的4G網絡提供的信息更加準確。

The reason for this is that 4G network technology has a wide coverage area when it comes to being broadcast from a single cellular tower.

造成這種結果的原因是通過單一基站的傳播，4G網絡技術的覆蓋區域很廣。

Matter of fact, 4G can be broadcast about a mile from a single tower.

實際上，通過單一基站，4G網絡可以傳播的距離約1英里。

5G network technology, on the other hand, has a much smaller coverage area, and it can’t penetrate through walls to get indoors as well as 4G technology can.

然而，5G網絡技術的覆蓋範圍要小得多，它無法像4G網絡技術那樣穿牆入室。

This means 5G networks will require many more cellular towers placed closer together.

這意味着5G網絡需要更多距離更近的基站。

These towers won’t be like the old towers you envision that look like electrified Eiffel Towers, mind you, they’re just small antennas that will need to be dotted around on rooftops and street lights and inside shopping malls and other buildings.

這些基站不會像你想象中宛如電氣化的埃菲爾鐵塔那樣的老式塔樓，提醒你一下，它們只是那些需要安置於屋頂上、路燈上、購物商場裏以及其他建築物上的小天線。

Since 5G towers will need to be everywhere and you’ll only connect to one 5G tower at a time, your mobile network will now be able to pinpoint your location much more accurately–even knowing which building you are in.

因爲5G網絡基站需要安置在各處，而且你每次只能連接1個5G基站，所以你的手機網絡如今能夠更加準確地定位你的位置，甚至知道你在哪棟建築物裏。