又來!美國司法部要求蘋果就毒品案解鎖iPhone手機
US authorities are appealing against a judge's decision not to order Apple to unlock an iPhone in a drugs case. It has gone to a higher court after a Brooklyn judge said he had no power to give the order.
近日，美國當局政府對當值法官就一起毒品案沒有下令蘋果公司解鎖iPhone的裁決表示出強烈反對。在布魯克林的法官表示其無權給予強制命令之後，該案件已經轉到了上一級法院。Apple said the order would be the start of a "slippery slope that threatens everyone's safety and privacy".
而蘋果公司方面表示，該項命令將會是一段“威脅所有人安全和隱私的滑坡的開始”。In the original hearing, the US government asked Judge James Orenstein to order Apple to open up a locked phone belonging to Jun Feng, who has pleaded guilty to participation in a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy. The Justice Department wants to use the device to find any of his co-conspirators.
在最初的聽證會上，美國政府要求法官詹姆斯·奧倫斯坦下令蘋果公司解鎖馮軍的手機，馮軍已在謀劃分銷甲基苯丙胺（俗稱冰毒）一案中認罪。司法部希望利用該設備找到他的同謀。
While the case has similarities with that being heard in California in relation to the San Bernardino shootings, the New York case involves an older version of Apple's operating system. Feng's phone uses iOS 7, which is not protected by the same encryption technology.
雖然該案件與在加利福利亞州審理的聖伯納迪諾槍擊案有相似之處，但紐約的這個案件涉及的是更舊的蘋果操作系統版本。馮軍的手機使用的是iOS 7系統，該系統並不由相同的加密技術所保護。"Apple has the technological capability to bypass the passcode feature and access the contents of the phone that were unencrypted," the Justice Department said in its court filing, submitted on Monday. It has asked District Court Judge Margot Brodie to hear the case.
“蘋果公司有技術能力繞過密碼功能並訪問未加密的手機，”美國司法部在週一提交的法院文件中說。司法部已要求聯邦地方法官馬戈·布羅迪審理該案件。The Justice Department's lawyers called the request routine, arguing that the case was neither about asking Apple to do anything new, nor to create a "master key" to access all iPhones.
司法部的律師表示，這只是一項常規請求，認爲這既不是要求蘋果公司做任何新的事情，也不是讓其創造一把“萬能鑰匙”來訪問所有的iPhone。Federal prosecutors cited several examples in which Apple has extracted data from a locked device under the law.
聯邦檢察官引述了幾個蘋果公司按法律規定從鎖定的設備中提取數據的例子。Apple argues that it has opposed requests to help extract information from more than a dozen iPhones since being invited to challenge the government's use of the 1789 All Writs Act by Judge Orenstein in October last year.
但是蘋果公司對此表示反駁稱，自從該公司於去年10月份受奧倫斯坦法官之邀挑戰政府1789年的《所有令狀法案》起，已經反對過幫助從十幾部iPhone上提取信息的要求。The technology firm said it agreed with Judge Orenstein's ruling that granting the request would "thoroughly undermine fundamental principles of the constitution".
該科技公司稱其同意奧倫斯坦法官的裁定，倘若准予該請求，將會“徹底破壞憲法的基本原則”。
