There have been a ton of melodramatic statements made about Apple’s current disagreement with the FBI — many of them from Apple itself! But a tweetstorm from Piers Morgan might take the cake.
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Morgan’s wilfully ignorant and often inflammatory comments managed to engage the tech community and get some folks pretty riled up. Reading his tweets are like arguing with your dad.
Let Apple open the damn back door, let the FBI know what’s on the phone, then close it again.
This isn’t difficult. https://t.co/RFebTmBtgc— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 26, 2016
Except it’s not really like an actual door —
Extraordinary how many geeks genuinely seem to believe Apple can’t safely hack into that terrorist’s iPhone if they want to…get real!
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 26, 2016
Well, it’s not really hacking, it’s like —
Of course it is. Apple can get into that iPhone right now without any risk to anyone else’s phone. https://t.co/jnSxAeiWB3
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 26, 2016
Technically Apple can’t —
I could take that terrorist iPhone down to Tottenham Court Road right now & they’d get into it. Safely. Apple is lying.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 27, 2016
Safety isn’t —
Facebook just gave cops private msgs to nail a mafia boss.
https://t.co/shipxEx9bQ— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 26, 2016
But Mark Zuckerberg said —
Oh Graham, stop drinking and get some shut-eye mate.
Bill Gates agrees with me. https://t.co/8Mk8mqPYQe— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 26, 2016
Except Bill Gates didn’t say — hey, you know what, Piers?
Tech nerds get furious late at night, I’ve noticed. https://t.co/reAFe37yFS
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 26, 2016
OK, well this one is probably true.