Wozniak affirms that we cannot trust who has the power

This week in the absence of news related to the company's devices, we have had quite a busy week with the FBI request for Apple to unlock the device used by terrorists in the San Bernardino bombings, which killed 14 people. From the outset Tim Cook flatly refused, an act highly applauded by many of the users of his devices.

Within hours, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and even Edward Snowden have joined the statements of Tim Cook, affirming that privacy is a right that should be respected to the last consequences. But the one who had not yet commented on the matter was Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple.

Wozniak is not characterized by cutting himself the slightest when it comes to saying what he thinks, and this time I could not miss the opportunity to talk about this controversial issue stating that you cannot trust who has power and that the use of terrorism is a very false excuse to make us believe that by doing so, allowing access to the devices, future attacks can be prevented and many lives saved.

I believe that Apple's distinctive brand and its value and benefits are largely based on a thing called trust. Trust means that you believe in someone. You think you are buying a phone with encryption.

You cannot trust who has the power. It is like believing in the authorities and the police wherever they go. Usually when they write the rules, they are right even when they are wrong.

Terrorism is a false word that is being used. The current case Apple is involved in had to be with - I think it was shooting or murder or something. It was not terrorism. Do you know what terrorism is? It's just a deeper crime. The word "terrorist" has been used many times to scare people.