BlackBerry is chastising Apple for respecting the privacy of its users

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has taken Apple’s approach to the privacy of users to task in a blog post. “For years, government officials have pleaded to the technology industry for help,” he wrote. “Yet [the requests] have been met with disdain.” Apple CEO Tim Cook has said over and over that the company’s approach to privacy is fundamental: The company will almost never comply with government agencies when it does not have to. Chen does not agree Apple should take that stance. “One of the world’s most powerful tech companies recently refused a lawful access request in an investigation of a known drug dealer because doing so would ‘substantially tarnish the brand,'” he wrote, linking to an article by Ars Technica that is about Apple. “We are indeed in a dark place when companies put their reputations above the greater good.”