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微软起诉美国司法部滥用保密命令
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  • Microsoft is suing the Department of Justice over its requests to access customer data stored in the cloud, expanding the fight between US technology companies and Washington over privacy concerns.

    微软(Microsoft)正就美国司法部(DoJ)获取存储在云端的客户数据的要求向该部提起诉讼,此举扩大了美国科技公司与美国政府在隐私问题上的对抗。

    Microsoft’s lawsuit1 takes aim at the DoJ’s practice of issuing “secrecy2 orders” that ban Microsoft from telling customers when their information is being accessed by the government. It names Loretta Lynch, the US Attorney General, as a defendant3.

    微软的诉讼将目标对准司法部发布“保密命令”的做法,这种做法禁止微软告知客户:政府正获取他们的信息。微软将美国司法部长洛蕾塔•林奇(Loretta Lynch)列为被告之一。

    Microsoft says this practice, which is legal under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, violates its customers’ Fourth Amendment4 right to know when they are being searched and violates Microsoft’s First Amendment right to speak about these investigations5.

    微软表示,根据《电子通信隐私法》(Electronic Communications Privacy Act)属于合法的这种做法,侵犯了其客户根据美国宪法《第四修正案》(Fourth Amendment)对于自己被搜查的知情权,同时侵犯了微软根据美国宪法《第一修正案》(First Amendment)告知这些调查的权利。

    “People do not give up their rights when they move their private information from physical storage to the cloud,” the lawsuit states. The DoJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

    诉状称:“当人们将自己的私人信息从物理存储器转移到云端时,他们没有放弃自己的权利。”美国司法部没有立即对置评请求做出回应。

    The lawsuit comes at a time of growing public debate over how the US government should be able to access electronic records. Apple fought the FBI’s demand for special software to access the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists, until the FBI found another way to unlock the device.

    有关美国政府应如何获取电子数据的公开辩论正在升温。苹果(Apple)曾对抗美国联邦调查局(FBI)提出的要求该公司提供特殊软件解锁圣贝纳迪诺(San Bernardino)恐袭案的案犯之一的iPhone的做法,最后FBI通过别的途径解锁了那部手机。

    Microsoft said the practice of issuing search warrants with secrecy orders had become more common as more customers move to cloud computing6. “The government . . . has exploited the transition to cloud computing as a means of expanding its power to conduct secret investigations,” the filing said.

    微软表示,随着更多用户采用云计算,发出保密命令的做法变得更为普遍。诉状称:“政府……利用客户将信息转移到云计算,扩大了其展开秘密调查的权力。”

    Over the past 18 months, courts have issued more than 5,000 demands for customer information to Microsoft, around half of which contain secrecy orders. Of those, two-thirds have no fixed7 end-date, meaning that a user might never find out their information had been searched.

    过去18个月,法庭向微软发出了逾5000项调查客户信息的要求,其中约一半含有保密命令。其中三分之二没有固定截止期限,这意味着,用户可能永远无法发现自己的信息遭到了搜查。

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    1 lawsuit [ˈlɔ:su:t] A14xy   第9级
    n.诉讼,控诉
    参考例句:
    • They threatened him with a lawsuit. 他们以诉讼威逼他。
    • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit. 他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
    2 secrecy [ˈsi:krəsi] NZbxH   第8级
    n.秘密,保密,隐蔽
    参考例句:
    • All the researchers on the project are sworn to secrecy. 该项目的所有研究人员都按要求起誓保守秘密。
    • Complete secrecy surrounded the meeting. 会议在绝对机密的环境中进行。
    3 defendant [dɪˈfendənt] mYdzW   第8级
    n.被告;adj.处于被告地位的
    参考例句:
    • The judge rejected a bribe from the defendant's family. 法官拒收被告家属的贿赂。
    • The defendant was borne down by the weight of evidence. 有力的证据使被告认输了。
    4 amendment [əˈmendmənt] Mx8zY   第8级
    n.改正,修正,改善,修正案
    参考例句:
    • The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143. 这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
    • The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill. 反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
    5 investigations [ɪnvestɪ'ɡeɪʃnz] 02de25420938593f7db7bd4052010b32   第7级
    (正式的)调查( investigation的名词复数 ); 侦查; 科学研究; 学术研究
    参考例句:
    • His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查,但没有发现什么。
    • He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。
    6 computing [kəm'pju:tiŋ] tvBzxs   第7级
    n.计算
    参考例句:
    • to work in computing 从事信息处理
    • Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代(约1980年),他们就创办了软件公司。
    7 fixed [fɪkst] JsKzzj   第8级
    adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
    参考例句:
    • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet? 你们俩选定婚期了吗?
    • Once the aim is fixed, we should not change it arbitrarily. 目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。

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