Bill Gates supports government efforts in Apple case

Less than 38pc believe Apple should continue to stand its ground.

“The San Bernardino litigation isn’t about trying to set a precedent or send any kind of message”, wrote Comey in the blog.

Cook has said his company plans to fight that federal judge’s order.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai [pictured above} had earlier voiced support for Apple in a series of tweets.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg meanwhile offered support to Apple.

“Ordering a company to hack one targeted system is clearly the first step to ordering them to backdoor them all”, Lord tweeted Friday with the hashtags “slipperyslope” and “usersfirst”.

Apple is challenging government efforts to overcome encryption on at least 14 electronic devices nationwide in addition to the iPhone in California, according to court papers filed Tuesday in a similar case in NY.

Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates believes Appl should help unlock an iPhone for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The use of a “universal tool” that will unlock all Apple devices is, of course, concerning.

The FBI obtained Farook’s iPhone, hoping a backup on his iCloud might supply them with information that could lead them to other guilty parties in the shooting.

The latest national survey by Pew Research Center, conducted February 18-21 among 1,002 adults, finds that nearly identical shares of Republicans (56 percent) and Democrats (55 percent) said that Apple should unlock the San Bernardino suspect’s iPhone to aid the FBI’s ongoing investigation.

Now, one of the tech industry’s greatest titans has spoken – and turned out to be a contrarian of sorts.

The Reform Government Surveillance lobby group, which Microsoft is a member of, issued a statement on Thursday saying that “technology companies should not be required to build in backdoors to the technologies that keep their users’ information secure”. Apple Inc. sells millions of iPhones in China, which has become the company’s second-largest market. Last week, New York District Attorney Cyrus Vance said that his office has 175 iPhones it wants Apple to unlock in criminal cases.

The judge in the NY case has asked whether it was legal for the government to force Apple to extract data from a locked phone-an indication to some legal experts that he is considering rejecting the government’s rationale. Apple argues that this workaround would later be open to abuse.

Cook may have no choice but to mount a legal challenge, given his very public commitment to protecting customer data.

“This makes me a little bit angry with Apple”, Clayborn said. “We are pretty sympathetic to Tim and Apple”, he said at a telecom event in Barcelona. And the order will facilitate only the FBI’s efforts to search the phone… Apple’s stance drew fire Wednesday from GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump and commentators on Fox News.