Bill Gates waffles, doesn’t support the U.S. government or Apple in iPhone privacy fight

“In an interview with Bloomberg, Bill Gates says he was ‘disappointed’ by reports that he supported the FBI in its legal battle with Apple, saying ‘that doesn’t state my view on this,'” Colin Lecher reports for The Verge.

“Still, Gates took a more moderate stance than some of his counterparts in the tech industry, not fully backing either the FBI or Apple but calling for a broader ‘discussion’ on the issues,” Lecher reports. “‘I do believe that with the right safeguards, there are cases where the government, on our behalf — like stopping terrorism, which could get worse in the future — that that is valuable.’ But he called for ‘striking [a] balance’ between safeguards against government power and security.”

Lecher reports, “When asked specifically what his stance was on this case, he said ‘the courts are going to decide this [case]’ and ‘these issues will be decided in Congress.'”

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MacDailyNews Take: In other words, Wuss T. Pantywaist’s big stance is a straddle.

We think his massive rear combover may somehow be warping the old thief’s skull and affecting his brain. (It’s a common affliction. See: Trump.)

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