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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. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke/AP)
Bill Gates, the co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 26, 2015.
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.