More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception. digital technology has aided communication, but it has also given rise to the possibility of those communications being monitored. according to zimmermann, cryptographers have a duty to encourage the use of encryption and thereby protect the privacy of the individual. —the code book, simon singh what is the purpose of the statistic in this passage? it shows how big the need is for protection. it explains that email is an effective form of communication. it gives new ways to monitor email traffic. it illustrates how popular email has become.

it shows how big the need for protection is.

Explanation: The statistics indicated that over a hundred million of emails are sent around the world everyday, however they are all vulnerable to interception, Hence the need for protection. Due to the large amount of people making use of emails everyday there is need for protection. There is an urgent need to further encourage the use of encryption to protect the privacy of the individual users to ensure that the communication between the users of emails are not secretly monitored.

digital information is widespread and available to monitoring.

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It shows how big the need is for protection

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Statistical evidence

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Statistical evidence is a proof based on tests and experimental data collected through the use of adequate researches carried out that is used to convince others. These evidence are usually in mathematical form. Statistical evidence are used to make facts to be clearer and provide an understanding of the data collected thereby increasing the chances that these facts would be believed.

Which type of evidence is used in the excerpt?

an example

a story

a quote

a statistic

This type of evidence used in this excerpt is an example a statistic.

The reason why a statistic is an answer is that statistics are based on facts. It is seen in the excerpt that “More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day” and this sentence can be true of false because it is evidence and can be confirmed. And also the line “Digital technology has aided communication, but it has also given rise to the possibility of those communications being monitored” is evidence and can also be confirmed whether it is true or not.