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Gates isn't calling for a debate, said that the FBI is right, Apple is wrong, and there's no way the FBI would use this as a backdoor for all phones. https://n
by nxzero 11y ago
Gates isn't calling for a debate, said that the FBI is right, Apple is wrong, and there's no way the FBI would use this as a backdoor for all phones.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11158210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11158210
- josefresco 11y ago“I hope that we have that debate so that the safeguards are built and so people do not opt — and this will be country by country — [to say] it is better that the government does not have access to any information,” he said. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3559f46e-d9c5-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe09.html#axzz40zUs7M2E http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3559f46e-d9c5-11e5-98fd-06d75973fe...
- nxzero 11y agoAgree, thought that was a very odd statement too, and not sure what to make of it.
- alanwatts 11y agoI haven't watched Bill enough to know for sure but he seemed quite evasive in the interview. "Nobody is talking about a back door, so that's not the right question"
- nxzero 11y agoMy impression of Gates is that he's lived most of his life in a bubble, has conflicting interests, but in the end, understands what's going on.