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Tim Cook: FBI is asking to set a precedent that is 'bad for America'

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is making his case on national TV.</p><p>
On Wednesday, Cook gave an interview with ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/exclusive-tim-cook-budging-apple-privacy-decision-safety/story?id=37169738) explaining his rationale for defying the FBI’s request (http://www.macworld.com/article/3036102/legal/apple-versus-fbi-faq-explainer.html) to create a special software to access the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino gunman.</p><p>
“I think safety of the public is incredibly important—safety of our kids, safety of our family is very important,” Cook told ABC News anchor David Muir. “The protection of people’s data is incredibly important, and so the trade-off here is we know that doing this could expose people to incredible vulnerabilities.”</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3036782/security/tim-cook-fbi-is-asking-to-set-a-precedent-that-is-bad-for-america.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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