What is the purpose of the statistic in this passage?
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
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.

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the four freedoms were goals articulated by united states president franklin d. roosevelt on january 6, 1941"

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