Bill Gates: Apple could propose a balance in FBI dispute

"I think there needs to be a discussion about when the government should be able to gather information," Gates said on Reddit.

Bill Gates, the co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 26, 2015.

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March 8, 2016, 4:14 PM EST / Updated March 8, 2016, 4:43 PM EST

By Matthew DeLuca, Matthew DeLuca

Bill Gates answered some questions about Apple's ongoing dispute with the FBI during a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" on Tuesday — and stuck solidly to the same neutral position he's maintained in earlier comments.