In an interview with the Financial Times, Microsoft founder Bill Gates said Apple should comply with the FBI in their legal battle over access to an iPhone used by a gunman in Decemberâs San Bernadino terror attack. CEO Tim Cook has said the company wonât yield to a government search warrant to unlock the smartphone. âThis is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information,â Gates responded in the interview published early Tuesday. âThey are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case. It is no different than [the question of] should anybody ever have been able to tell the phone company to get information, should anybody be able to get at bank records.â
Later Tuesday, Gates told Bloomberg TV that he is âdisappointedâ by reports that suggest he outwardly supports the FBI, adding âthat doesnât state my view on this.â In his backtracking, the Microsoft creator suggested a more moderate approach: âI do believe that with the right safeguards, there are cases where the government, on our behalfâlike stopping terrorism, which could get worse in the futureâthat that is valuable.â
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