紐約法官裁定蘋果不必解鎖iPhone
Apple has defeated a US government attempt to force it to unlock an iPhone as part of a criminal investigation into a drugs case, handing it an important victory in the first test case on the issue.
蘋果(Apple)挫敗了美國政府強迫其解鎖一部iPhone的企圖，在這類問題的首個判例中取得了重要勝利。解鎖這部iPhone是對一樁毒品案展開的刑事調查的一部分。
The decision, by a federal judge in New York, comes two weeks after Apple sought a showdown with the FBI over a separate demand in California requiring it to break into an iPhone that had belonged to one of the shooters in the San Bernardino massacre.
這項判決是由紐約一名聯邦法官作出的。而兩週前，蘋果試圖與美國聯邦調查局(FBI)圍繞加州的另一項要求一決雌雄，那項要求是要蘋果破解聖貝納迪諾槍擊案兇手的iPhone。
In a 50-page ruling, judge James Orenstein backed some of the arguments that Apple has also made in its California defence. He also attacked the US government over what he described as an attempt to pre-empt Congress by getting the courts to expand its law enforcement powers.
法官詹姆斯•奧倫斯坦(James Orenstein)在長達50頁的判決書中對蘋果的主張予以了支持，而其中一些主張也出現在蘋果在加州那樁案子的自辯中。奧倫斯坦法官還抨擊了美國政府，稱其企圖跳過國會、讓法院來擴展其執法權。
The decision is set to lend important moral support to Apple in its highly public fight with the government over the San Bernardino case.
在蘋果與美國政府圍繞聖貝納迪諾槍擊案上演的高度公開的鬥爭中，紐約的這項判決將爲前者提供重要的道德支持。
However, the court in California has already moved further than the New York judge by issuing an order against the company, putting it on the defensive as it tries to have the demand overturned.
不過，加州法院走得比紐約法官要遠，它向蘋果發佈了一道法庭令，迫使蘋果採取守勢。蘋果眼下正嘗試推翻那項要求。
A senior Apple executive, speaking on a background basis, claimed the company had even stronger arguments on its side in California. The New York case involved an older version of the iPhone operating system, which would have made it easy for Apple to help the FBI without being forced to “hack” its own device or put in a back door — the things that it has said make the demands in the San Bernardino request insupportable.
一名要求匿名的蘋果高管表示，蘋果在加州案中的論據比紐約案更加站得住腳。紐約案涉及的是舊版iPhone操作系統，該系統令蘋果很容易幫助FBI，而不用被迫“侵入”自己的設備、或設立一扇後門——蘋果已表示，正是後面這類事情讓聖貝納迪諾槍擊案協助調查請求中所提的要求變得不可接受。
