Not long after theonesl gave his speech at the Brussels conference, the CEO sat Applu Tim Cook to an interview with Christiane Amanpour from CNN. The topic of privacy came up for discussion, for example, but also exceptionally Cooks personal life and other topics. What all Tim Cook revealed?
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Cook In the interview, among other things, he returned to 2014, when he publicly revealed the truth about his sexual orientation. He cited his own efforts to support young people with different sexual orientations as one of the reasons for his coming out. He also touched on the issue of transgender people, which he Cook expressed that he believes everyone should be treated with respect and dignity regardless of sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or gender. “That’s how I look at things,” he said.
When the topic of conversation turned to the issue of privacy protection and related laws and regulations, he admitted Cook, that he is not usually one of those who would be in favor of any regulation. But he added that there are exceptions and sometimes it is necessary to recognize that the free market simply does not work in certain ways. “In this case, it is clear that the amount of information that is collected about you – sometimes without your knowledge, perhaps without your consent (…) is simply not reasonable,” he explained, adding that the personal data collected can be used for illegal purposes.
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Cook would like to see governments around the world reduce how much data companies can collect about their customers. “You have more information in your devices than you have at home,” he said in an interview. “There’s just too much information out there. It’s too much. This shouldn’t exist,” he concluded. Cook In the interview, he also stated that he has no problem with digital advertising, such as that supported by Google or Facebook. But he believes that in some cases, data collection has crossed a certain line. “Privacy is a fundamental human right,” he said, adding that this is precisely why Applu decided that data collection was contrary to company values.
The interview also touched on the recent scandal involving Chinese chips – Cook again resolutely denied the accusations Bloombergthat he had implanted spy chips into his hardware in collaboration with the Chinese government. “This is a 100% lie,” he declared emphatically. “There are no malicious chips,” he added.
