On Tuesday, The Financial Times*published an interview with Gates musing almost philosophically that in particular cases it may be appropriate for tech**logy companies to give law enforcement access to data. The comments prompted a flurry of headlines saying Bill Gates "backs" the FBI rather than Apple.
The Microsoft founder and former CEO later said he was "disappointed" by that framing of his remarks in a followup interview on Tuesday — then proceeded to hedge his responses all over again. Read more...