Bill Gates says Apple should unlock the San Bernardino iPhone

The tech industry has been generally supportive of Apple in its fight against the FBI's demand to unlock an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino shootings, but one big name is on the FBI's side: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who seems unswayed by fears of compromised security and a potential legal precedent.

"This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case," Gates tells the Financial Times, disagreeing with Apple CEO Tim Cook that the FBI's request would create an iPhone backdoor. "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...

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