专栏作家莫博士就有关电脑和其他电子设备的常见技术问题答读者问。问：我想买一部iPhone 5S，但怎样才能禁用指纹识别功能，以免在互联网上发送我的指纹，以防被人窃取？
Q: I want to buy an iPhone 5S, but how can I disable the fingerprint-recognition feature so it doesn't send my prints over the Internet where somebody might steal them?
答：首先，指纹识别功能——只需触摸、不必输入密码就能解锁手机——默认是关闭的。除非你开启这个功能，并"教"它识别你的手指，否则它不会运行，你可以一直输入密码，或不采用任何锁定方式。
A: First of all, the fingerprint-recognition feature, which allows you to unlock your phone with just a touch instead of a password, is off by default. Unless you turn it on and then train it to recognize your fingers, it doesn't operate and you can just keep typing in a password, or use no lock method at all.
其次，苹果声称指纹数据绝对不会离开你的手机，绝对不会进入互联网，甚至绝对不会在云存储中备份。相反，苹果说，指纹数据存储在手机处理器芯片中的一个安全区域内，指纹传感器会与这个存储的数据核对（而不是任何在线数据库），以确定你的手指是否与存储的参数相符。
Secondly, Apple says the fingerprint data never leaves your phone, never goes onto the Internet and never even is backed up to the cloud. Instead, Apple says, it is stored in a secure area of the phone's processor chip, and the scanner checks with this stored data -- not with any online database -- to decide whether your finger matches the stored parameters.
问：我注意到在新iPhone操作系统中，手机一次下载的电子邮件比以往多得多，因此更难将它们标记为已读。有没有办法避免这种情况？
Q: I notice that on the new iPhone operating system, the phone downloads many more emails at one time, making it much more difficult to mark them as read. Is there a way around this?
答：有的。在某个邮箱中或是合并收件箱中，你只需点击右上角的"编辑"，然后点左下角的"标记全部"。接下来从弹出菜单中选择"标记为已读"，就可以将所有消息标记为已读了。
A: Yes. In a mailbox, or the combined inbox, you just tap 'Edit' at the upper right, then tap 'Mark All' at the lower left. Then choose 'Mark As Read' from the pop-up menu and all your messages should be marked as read.
问：iPhone 5S是否能兼容福特(Ford)的Sync系统，用于在车内播放音乐和拨打电话？
答：我咨询了一位福特发言人，他说，福特期待在Sync v3.6中向所有苹果用户提供全兼容性。而我也可以报告，虽然我没有福特汽车，但我测试的iPhone 5S在我改造过的车中可以接打电话、通过蓝牙或有线连接播放音乐，以及将文本消息转到车载系统中。
A: I asked a Ford spokesman and he said: 'Ford expects to provide our Apple customers with full compatibility for Sync v3.6.' And I can report that, while I don't own a Ford, the iPhone 5S I tested was able to make and receive phone calls, stream music over Bluetooth or via a cable, and transmit text messages to my new-model car.
Walter S. Mossberg
- operate [´ɔpəreit]
v.(使)运转；操作；经营 (初中英语单词) - system [´sistəm] n.系统，体系，制度 (初中英语单词)
- stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)
- disable [dis´eibl] vt.使残废 (英语四级单词)
- unlock [ʌn´lɔk] vt.开锁；开启；池露 (英语四级单词)
- transmit [trænz´mit, træns-] vt.传送；播送；发射 (英语四级单词)
- calling [´kɔ:liŋ] n.点名；职业；欲望 (英语六级单词)
- spokesman [´spəuksmən] n.发言人 (英语六级单词)
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