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UPSC Civil Services 2021 Prelims General Studies Paper II

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Question : 33

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Computers increasingly deal not just with abstract data like credit card, details and databases, but also with the real world of physical objects and vulnerable human bodies. A modern car is a computer on wheels; an aeroplane is a computer on wings. The arrival of the “Internet of Things” will see computers baked into everything from road signs and MRI scanners to prosthetics and insulin pumps. There is little evidence that these gadgets will be any more trustworthy than their desktop counterparts. Hackers have already proved that they can take remote control of internet connected cars and pacemakers.
Which one of the following statements best reflects the most critical inference that can be made from the passage given above ?

Computers are not completely safe.
Companies producing the software do not take cyber security seriously.
Stringent data security laws are needed.
The present trend of communication technologies will affect our lives in future.

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