Passage

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.

QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Comprehension

Prelims 2021

Which one of the following statements best reflects the most critical inference that can be made from the passage given above?

Select an option to attempt

Explanation

Statement 1 is incorrect: The computers though are vulnerable to risks or threats of intrusion; the passage does not establish the fact that they are not completely safe. This is an extreme statement.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Though the passage mentions security breaches by hackers but does not sufficiently establish the information that companies building software are not taking cyber security seriously.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Due to the rising vulnerabilities and threats of data breaches in case of hackers taking over, the need for stringent data security laws can be indirectly inferred. However, it is a fallout of the recent trends of communication technologies and their complexities which is the more critical inference of the passage.

Statement 4 is correct: This is the most appropriate critical inference of the passage where the new trends in various communication technologies have infused visible complexities through the integration of computers in various fields of life and further mentions of the arrival of the Internet of things bound to affect lives going forward.

Hence Option (D) is correct.

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