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It looks like you're probably just trying to troll, but to head off additional discussion: Gates has some stuff mis-attributed to him and the very next day afte
by runjake 11y ago
It looks like you're probably just trying to troll, but to head off additional discussion: Gates has some stuff mis-attributed to him and the very next day after initial reports, Gates disputed reports that he backs the FBI in the Apple dispute:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-02-23/gates-disputes-report-that-he-backs-fbi-in-apple-dispute http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-02-23/gates-disput...
A better troll might've pointed out the disparity between Microsoft supporting Apple's stances and the circumstantial evidence that seems to indicate that Microsoft actively worked with the NSA to backdoor its services (Outlook.com, Skype, etc)
- themartorana 11y agoMaybe Microsoft would like the precedent set in favor of Apple so they can use it against overly intrusive requests for back doors in their products in the future. They may have acquiesced but that doesn't mean they liked it.
- codys 11y agoGates disputed those reports, but he never states he doesn't support the FBI in this case. I think the key take away from that video is: > Gates: With the right safe guards in place there are cases where the government, on our behalf [...] He also dodges the direct question about his position entirely. He's not trying to make his position very clear, but he is certainly angling to support the FBI's position. Lots of references to terrorism in that interview. Edit: from a PR perspective, this does make a lot of sense for MS: use a board member/someone closely associated with them to probe the public's position, then give the public some assurance to ensure they don't all leave for Apple, while at the same time allowing the state to see that MS's support of Apple in this case isn't concrete.