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US police must obtain a warrant to search a suspect’s smartphone after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that constitutional privacy protections apply to the often extensive data people keep on the devices in their pockets. 美国最高法院(US Supreme Court)周三裁定，那些装在人们口袋里的设备上存储的大量数据也适用宪法隐私保护条款。今后，美国警方必须取得授权才能搜查嫌疑人的智能手机。 In a unanimous ruling praised by privacy campaigners, the court decided that searching a smartphone was more like downloading the contents of a computer than leafing through someone’s address book. 该法院一致做出的这一裁决得到了隐私保护人士的赞扬。在这一裁决中，美国最高法院认定，对智能手机的搜查更像是从电脑上下载内容，而不是翻翻某人的电话本。 The fourth amendment bans “unreasonable searches and seizures” but police are usually allowed to search the personal belongings a suspect is carrying. Lower courts had been divided on whether to ban searches of smartphones without a warrant. 美国宪法第四修正案禁止“无理搜查和扣押”，不过通常美国警方搜查嫌犯携带的个人物品是允许的。而对于是否应禁止在无授权情况下搜查智能手机中的内容，美国下级法院始终存在分歧。 Chief Justice John Roberts said the “immense storage capacity” of smartphones made them different from anything else a suspect is holding. | 
