蘋果公司稱iOS 8及以上版本系統數據不會被提取

Apple Inc told a U.S. judge that accessing data stored on a locked iPhone would be "impossible" with devices using its latest operating system, but the company has the "technical ability" to help law enforcement unlock older phones.

蘋果公司向美國法官詹姆斯·奧倫斯坦表示，提取一臺安裝了蘋果最新操作系統、且已被鎖定的iPhone手機上的數據是“不可能的”，但蘋果具備幫助執法機構解鎖較舊iPhone的“技術能力”。

Apple's position was laid out in a brief filed late Monday, after a federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn, New York, sought its input as he weighed a U.S. Justice Department request to force the company to help authorities access a seized iPhone during an investigation.

蘋果在週一晚提交的訴書中陳述了上述立場。此前美國司法部向法院提出要求蘋果協助當局提取一臺在調查中繳獲的iPhone上的數據，布魯克林的聯邦治安法官奧倫斯坦正在考量該要求，並尋求蘋果的意見。

In court papers, Apple said that for the 90 percent of its devices running iOS 8 or higher, granting the Justice Department's request "would be impossible to perform" after it strengthened encryption methods.

在法庭文件中，蘋果稱，在蘋果強化加密方法後，對於90%運行iOS 8或以上版本的蘋果設備，美國司法部的要求是“無法被執行的”。

Those devices include a feature that prevents anyone without the device's passcode from accessing its data, including Apple itself.

這些設備具備一個特性，可以防止沒有密碼的任何一方獲取該設備的數據，包括蘋果公司也不行。

Apple told U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein it could access the 10 percent of its devices that continue to use older systems, including the one at issue in the case. But it urged the judge to not require it to comply with the Justice Department's request.

蘋果向奧倫斯坦表示，蘋果可以提取仍在使用較舊版本操作系統的那10%的蘋果設備，包括上述案件中的iPhone手機。但蘋果敦促奧倫斯坦勿要求蘋果按照美國司法部的要求行事。

"Forcing Apple to extract data in this case, absent clear legal authority to do so, could threaten the trust between Apple and its customers and substantially tarnish the Apple brand," Apple's lawyers wrote.

“在缺乏明確法律許可的情況下，在本案中迫使蘋果提取數據，可能威脅蘋果與其客戶之間的信任，並極大損害蘋果品牌，”蘋果的律師寫道。

A spokeswoman for Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Robert Capers, whose office is handling the case, declined comment.

美國布魯克林聯邦檢察官羅伯特·凱普斯的辦公室負責此案，凱普斯的發言人拒絕就此置評。