At present, most USB interface equipments store and transmit data in plaintext form, unavoidable potential safety menace has been brought.

目前，绝大多数USB接口设备是以明文的形式进行数据的存取与传输，这就不可避免的带来了安全隐患。

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To add to the menace, the new Java programming language, developed by another Microsoft enemy, Sun Microsystems, had the potential to create applications programmes that could be pulled down from servers linked to the Internet and would run on any operating system.

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