Tim Cook says we shouldn’t sacrifice privacy for so-called security

While we can all agree that terrorists need to be eliminated, the kind of role we should play in their elimination is debatable. If you ask Apple CEO Tim Cook, the role of the people is currently and should continue to be very limited, simple as that. As far as Cook is concerned, privacy is a basic human right and we shouldn’t give it over to anyone, corporation or government, for any reason. 

Governments must think it terribly seductive, if not downright clever, when they encourage us to let them peek at everything we do. It is, as many a parent chooses to argue, only for our own good. It’s as if they don’t see the misgivings that come along with unlimited access to our lives. Apple CEO Tim Cook thinks such sales patter is misguided. In an interview with The Telegraph, he said: “Terrorism is horrible and must be stopped. All of us must do everything we can do to stop this craziness.” It’s unlikely the craziness can be entirely stopped. But Cook believes that “these people shouldn’t exist. They should be eliminated.” But what of our role in their elimination?