“Steve Jobs would have backed Apple Chief Tim Cook’s fierce resistance to federal authorities on privacy issues, the tech giant’s co-founder Steve Wozniak said,” James Covert reports for The New York Post. “‘I think Steve would have gone for the privacy,’ Wozniak told CNBC on Thursday, asked to speculate on how the late Jobs would have reacted to federal demands for a ‘back door’ that would allow them to search private data in iPhones.”
“On Wednesday, Cook blasted a court order requiring Apple to help the feds search an iPhone used by one of terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino, Calif., last year,” Covert reports. “Wozniak said he was ‘not intimately involved in the fight,’ but if he were, he said he might fight the order ‘quite vigilantly.'”
Covert reports, “Such orders could sap customers’ trust in the brand, Wozniak warned. ‘I’m definitely against that,’ he said. ‘I don’t think phones should have back doors.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Woz is right on all counts.
And, yes, it’s amusing that the reporter’s name is “Covert.”
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USA Today alters logo to support Apple in fight against U.S. government overreach – February 18, 2016
Obama administration claims FBI is not asking Apple for a ‘backdoor’ to the iPhone – February 18, 2016
Privacy activists plan rallies across U.S. to support Apple in battle against U.S. government on February 23rd – February 18, 2016
Google CEO Sundar Pichai wishy-washy on Apple’s fight against U.S. government backdoor demands – February 18, 2016
Why Apple is fighting back against U.S. federal government demands for iPhone access – February 17, 2016
Snowden backs Apple in fight over iPhone; blasts Google’s silence – February 17, 2016
Obama administration: We’re only demanding Apple hack just one iPhone – February 17, 2016
Security firm shows how Apple could bypass iPhone security to comply with FBI request – February 17, 2016
What the Apple court order means for your smartphone privacy – February 17, 2016
EFF opposes U.S. government demand to force Apple to unlock terrorist’s iPhone – February 17, 2016
‘Who do they think they are?’ Donald Trump blasts Apple for not unlocking San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone – February 17, 2016
Tim Cook posts open letter opposing U.S. government demands to bypass iPhone encryption – February 17, 2016
Apple CEO opposes court order to help FBI unlock San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhone – February 17, 2016
Apple wants judge to rule if it can be forced to unlock defendant’s iPhone – February 16, 2016
U.S. House lawmakers seek to outlaw states from banning encrypted iPhones – February 10, 2016
Obama administration wants access to smartphones – December 15, 2015
Obama administration’s calls for backdoors into encrypted communications echo Clinton-era key escrow fiasco – December 14, 2015
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
Duh!
“I think Steve would have gone for the privacy,”
Think?
“Privacy means people know what they’re signing up for in plain english and repeatedly, that’s what it means. I am an optimist I believe people are smart and some people want to share more data than other people do, ask them, ask them every time, make them tell you to stop asking them if they get tired of you asking them. Let them know precisely what you’re going to do with their data, that’s what we think.”
“Steve Jobs Bio: The Unauthorized Autobiography.”
Check out this book on the iBooks Store: https://itun.es/nl/qB1h3.l
I believe it.
As I’ve said before, it doesn’t matter a shit what SJ would have thought. He’s dead you know.
Another reason I am a Voluntaryist. https://www.freedomainradio.com