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Bill Gates Sides With FBI In Apple Spat (ft.com)

Posted by timothy on from the c'mon-bill-you-were-doing-so-well dept.

Fudge Factor 3000 writes: Bill Gates has now publicly stated that Apple should cooperate with the FBI in the San Bernadino terrorist's phone unlocking case. He states that it is for this specific case, but seems to miss the point that there are other law enforcement officials waiting on the wings with their requests should this precedent be set. The war against privacy escalates. Setting aside the actual practicality of unlocking the San Bernadino phone, the teams that are emerging on this issue include some pretty strange bedfellows: John McAfee and Bill Gates on the pro-unlocking side, and Woz, Edward Snowden and even some of the victim's families on the con.

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  1. Way to Embrace the Dark Side Billy! by Irate+Engineer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clippy: Hey! It looks like you are trying to violate U.S. citizen's Constitutionally-protected rights! Would you like help?

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  2. Re:Of course he does. by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 4, Funny

    Donald Trump wants everyone to bend over.

  3. Taking sides: problem solved! [Re:Is that] by Geoffrey.landis · · Score: 5, Funny

    "...some pretty strange bedfellows: John McAfee and Bill Gates on the pro-unlocking side..."

    Actually, John McAfee is not on the side of forcing Apple to unlock the phone-- he's against that. He is on the side of don't force them to do it because he and his elite crew of hax0rz will do it for free with no need to bother Apple or use that all-writs thing.

    And this solves the problem, doesn't it? Give it McAfee, he will screw up and erase all the data on the phone, problem solved.

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