日前，手機大廠蘋果打著保護客戶的旗幟，拒為聯邦調查局破解槍擊案嫌犯的iPhone個資，掀起一場用戶隱私與公權力爭議戲碼；旋即，臉書、Google等約30家同業公開表態take side in（選邊站）蘋果。全劇還沒落幕，蘋果的盟友陣容先聲奪人。 to take side in 選邊站A：It's interesting to see both Facebook and Google take Apple's side in the privacy fight against the FBI! （蘋果和FBI之間的隱私戰都獲臉書和Google力挺！）B：It＇S really a tough call to choose between securing a terrorist’s privacy and preventing potential attacks. (保護恐怖分子隱私或協助遏止恐怖攻擊真是大抉擇。)to comply with 遵守(規定)A：Do you know most Americans still think Apple shouId comply with FBI orders? (你知道多數美國人還是認為蘋果應遵守FBI的命令嗎？)B：Well，I’ll do the same thing but I may not be using Apple products afterwards. (嗯，我也贊同，但以後我恐怕就不會再用蘋果的產品了。)unprecedented 史無前例的A：If Apple takes this unprecedented step，the security of all APPle customers would be threatened. (蘋果若採取這種史無前例手段，客戶隱私權都受威脅。)B：Yeah，that means the government can always monitor our lives whenever they want! (沒錯，這就表示政府可以隨時監視我們的生活!) 延伸關鍵字 1.to encrypt/decrypt：加密/解碼2.dispute：爭端3.to condemn：譴責 撰文者羅伊伶 | ||||