Bill Gates on the fence in privacy vs. security debate

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is straddling the fence when it comes to the debate between privacy and national security advocates, the billionaire suggested on Monday evening.

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“There probably are some cases where [the government] should be able to go in covertly and get information about a company’s email,” Gates said at a Reuters event in Washington. “But the position Microsoft is taking in this suit is that it should be extraordinary and it shouldn’t be a matter of course that there is a gag order automatically put in.”