iCloud名流裸照泄露事件全是苹果的错吗?

2014-09-09 12:15:30来源：可可英语

　　“Breach” in this context is a term of art. If you think of the iCloud account where JenniferLawrence stored her photos as a locked vault, someone got into it with the key (her login andpassword). They didn’t do the computer equivalent of sledgehammering through a wall ordropping in through the ceiling panels.

　　文中的“漏洞”这个词用得很有艺术性。如果你将詹妮弗o劳伦斯用来储存照片的iCloud账户看作上锁的保险箱，那么就是有人用钥匙(她的用户名和密码)直接闯了进去。他们没有对电脑做类似于大锤破墙或是从天花板吊下来之类的举动。

　　What the company saying, in the technical language of Unix security, is that Lawrence gothacked, not Apple.

　　从Unix安全领域的专业术语来看，苹果公司的声明等于是说：劳伦斯的账户被黑客破解了，这不关苹果的事。

　　“Protect” is also a little squishy. While Apple’s two-step verification is recommended, it’s notrequired, not that easy to install and from Apple’s point of view sends the wrong messageabout iCloud and the Internet: That it’s a dangerous place full of unsavory people.

　　“保护”也有一些站不住脚。尽管苹果推荐用户激活两步验证功能，但并未就此做出硬性规定，而且安装相关工具也并不方便。此外，苹果还传达了关于iCloud和互联网的错误信息：这是一个危险的地方，充满了讨厌的人。

　　Moreover, it’s not at all clear that two-step verification would have kept those R- and X-ratedselfies from getting out. The dark corners of the Web are filled with guys with police-gradehacking tools who can, given an iCloud login and password, download just about anybody’sphoto stream.

　　此外，我们也不能完全肯定两步验证能否防止那些R级和X级的自拍照流出。网络的阴暗角落中，满是拥有警用级别的黑客工具的人，只要他们拿到了iCloud用户名和密码，就能下载任何人的照片流。

　　The issue, at heart, is to what extent Apple is responsible for everything that happens oniCloud — not just to Hollywood celebrities, but to any user foolish enough to offer up theirpasswords to unsolicited e-mails from people they don’t know.

　　问题的关键在于，苹果应当对iCloud上发生的这一切负多大责任——不仅是对这些好莱坞名流，还对所有那些不够聪明，将密码泄露给来路不明的陌生电子邮件的用户。

　　By accident or design, the issue has come to a head at the worst possible time for Apple — aweek before a major media event at which Apple is expected to unveil a new payment systemthat depends on customers trusting the company to keep their money safe.

　　不论是巧合还是有意，这一事件可能会让苹果面临最糟糕的时刻——马上苹果就将举行大型的媒体发布会，届时或许将推出新的支付系统，但这得建立在顾客相信公司能够保证他们财物安全的基础上。

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