Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates said technology companies such as Apple Inc. should aid law enforcement in specific cases involving terrorism. The comments, made by Gates during an interview with the Financial Times that published Tuesday, are a departure from the wide support the iPhone maker has seen from both industries and consumers in its standoff with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Gates dismissed the idea that the government’s request for a “back door” to open one of the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhones would set a wide precedent. “This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general thing, they are asking for a particular case,” he said. He said it was no different from a situation where officials would need information from a phone company or a bank.
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