Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argues that creating backdoors in the iPhone is not necessarily a bad idea, explaining in a recent interview that technology companies are in a difficult position in the ongoing dispute with the United States government.
While the FBI is a big supporter of backdoors in mobile devices, Apple has opposed such proposals, claiming that it compromises everyone's security. On the other hand, Bill Gates, with his recent statement, comes to refute these views, emphasizing that technology companies may be forced to comply with this particular tactic, and Apple even more so after the request it received in 2015 to unlock an iPhone used by a San Bernardino terrorist.
Bill Gates is against hiding a criminal's personal data from an Apple device, stressing that the reason the company follows this tactic is a matter of choice, not inability to do so.
In fact, let us remind you that the FBI had previously asked Apple to unlock the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, but the company refused to do so, explaining at that point that it did not have the necessary tools. Bill Gates presents another side of the coin, stating that the problem was not necessarily Apple's incompetence but the fact that the company did not want to do it.
For information, Apple's policy states that creating a method to unlock an iPhone undermines the security of all devices, ultimately affecting national security.
