ABC News has announced that Tim Cook will be speaking with World News Tonight host David Muir to discuss the ongoing battle between Apple and the FBI. The interview will no doubt be Apple’s latest move to push its message on privacy forward as it has been at odds with the Department of Justice over strong encryption.
Last week a judge ruled that Apple must unlock an iPhone 5c used by the San Bernardino shooter that the FBI couldn’t access in part because of the lock screen passcode.
Tim Cook promptly responded to the development by publishing an 1,100 word letter to customers on Apple.com, explaining Apple’s belief that complying would set a dangerous precedent and put all customers at risk with weakened security.
Cook and Apple have used ABC News and David Muir interviews as a platform for communication various messages over the years.
World News Tonight with David Muir airs on ABC at 6:30 PM ET, when the interview will be broadcasted. Stay tuned as we’ll update with coverage at that time.
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Finally Tim is making a public appearance talking about an issue that directly impacts all Americans. Many Americans are not aware of why this is such an important debate and I hope those confusions can be addressed.
This is good. It’s risky, but Tim is the sort of guy who is completely controlled and won’t let the wrong words out. With somebody like Steve Jobs it would have been interesting and appealing with brilliant sound bites but ultimately much more risky when it comes to the legal system! Great To see his office in this photo too
#IStandWithApple
This is great and this is what needs to be done because there is so much misinformation going around in the mainstream media about this.
my biggest question which I hope Tim answers is simple: why did Apple want this case “Sealed” away from public knowledge? This bothers me hugely..
If the case had been sealed as Apple requested they will had been able tonargue the case without the public backslash from people that do not understand security or don’t care about it. They were simply trying to reduce the damege to Apple brand. But the FBI tought Apple will back down under pressure from the uninformed public and that was a miscalculation on their part.
#standwithapple
Or if they’d lost and complied we wouldn’t have known and they would have had zero PR to worry about .. This so what worries me. could have successfully had other cases – in the us or anywhere else in the uk – and we’re none the wiser
Having a private court hearing would not mean that the matter would be forever kept private. Apple was hoping private arguments would persuade the FBI to back down. The fact that Apple made this request refutes the DOJ argument that Apple takes it’s position as a marketing strategy.
On his 61st birthday, Steve would have been very proud of Tim. Steve used to say that there is so much for Apple to still achieve. I do not think Steve only meant products . He dreamed big in terms of being able to have impact on everyday lives of people who do not necessarily live and breathe technology. His dream did come true in way of how much technology does impact our lives. In fact, we do carry much of our lives in our pockets connected to cloud. Many do not even know what cloud is or how it functions. With “just works” approach Apple always hides the inner workings of all these systems. We do need to applaud Tim for raising the issue of privacy, which in my opinion is one of the most underrated feature that Apple sells. I do not see any other companies stand up to this issue at CEO level, because frankly they do not care about our privacy, quite opposite, in fact, they profit from selling our data to advertisers (read Google, FB and others). With this specific case, it is hard not be villain as public wants justice, but unfortunately only tragedies seem to raise enough public interest on any issue.
No matter what Tim Cook says, he’s not going to help Apple in any way. No one listens to Tim Cook and even if anyone listens, it’s a well-known fact that anything Tim Cook says is never believed as being the truth. Whatever Tim Cook says, I know tomorrow the stock price is going to be down again because that’s what always happen when Tim Cook opens his mouth. It’s just Apple’s bad luck. The iPhone is under attack while the gun company whose gun the terrorist used is getting away clean and free. Apple will always be the big loser when it comes to court battles if it turns into that. Apple is seen as the wealthy and evil company that needs to be destroyed. I guess it’s time for Google/Alphabet to take over as the top company. Who knows? Even Microsoft may return to power once Apple is ruined.
I love all things Apple, my Mac, my iPhone, my iPad, and my iPod but l do not love Apple’s response to the federal government’s request to open the phone owned by the terrorists. Secrets on a phone ? Shame on you. Pediophiles, perverts, terrorists, stalkers, murders – need l go on ?
Tim Cook, clean out YOUR phone and open up the rest. That helps everyone.
Seriously answers loke this surprise me. You think that only Pediophiles, perverts, terrorists, stalkers, murders need privacy and security on their iphones?
Let me put it this way. Using your Pediophiles, perverts, terrorists, stalkers, murders examples.
I will not like to have a pedophile stalker having the ability to hack into my daughter iphone and seen her pictures calendar and appointments. Been able to know were and with who she will be on any given day. I will not like to have that same pedophile stalker using that info to kidnapp or murder my daughter.
See not only the bad guys need secure devices and if you make it easier for the govt you make it easier for them too.
And before you say that the average person will not know how to hack an iphone let me remind hou that the internet exsist and knowledge is shared and if not someone on some dark web will provide the service for a fee.
Just give it a tought for a monent.