Majority of Americans is against Apple in FBI dispute

In the dispute with the FBI Apple gets a lot of encouragement, but also neat headwind. A new survey reveals: Slightly more than half of Americans believes the iPhone maker should assist the Authority to Unlock the iPhone. Meanwhile, Tim Cook has turned in an email to his staff.

Apple's refusal to help the FBI when unlocking a terrorist iPhones will still hotly debated in public. At least a majority of Americans would cooperate with the FBI in this particular case, advocate, reports The Verge. A survey by the Pew Research Center 1002 participants shows that 51 percent of respondents welcome decrypting the iPhone 5c by Apple - and therefore have a different position than the US company itself only 38 percent of respondents support Apple's refusal.. The survey was conducted by phone.

In the dispute with the FBI, the majority of US citizens against Apple.

Even iPhone owners advocate cooperation with the FBI

Confining the results to the participants with a smart phone, you get almost the identical mood. Here the ratio is 50 to 41 percent - also for the US investigating authority. Even if only the iPhone owners involving in the survey with further wins the FBI. However, the narrowest of margins: To support 47 percent the requirement of the FBI, 43 percent, however welcome Apple's steadfast conduct. Donald Trump, however is not among the supporters of Apple.

Encouragement for Apple by Mark Zuckerberg, counterpoint of Bill Gates

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is on the side of Apple, represents Microsoft founder Bill Gates a different attitude. Opposite the Financial Times Gates said, "This is a concrete case in which the government asks for access to information". Facebook CEO Zuckerberg sees it differently and said at MWC in Barcelona, ​​he cherish sympathy for Apple and Tim Cook. However, he did not mind that so-called "backdoor software" in principle devices can provide more safety.

Apple CEO Tim Cook fears a precedent

His persistent refusal has extensively justified in an email to its employees Apple CEO Tim Cook. Let there be "zero-tolerance or sympathy for terrorists" cherished - not as an individual nor as a company. The US company will help the authorities, of course, "to seek justice for the victims". But in this case the facts are another. Cook fear even a precedent, the civil rights of the people are also at risk. Cook would like to see "if the government would withdraw their demands". Whether the FBI and the US judge but really withdraw their demands, remains more than doubtful.