Donald Trump wades into US privacy battle calling for Apple boycott
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple, despite its iPhone being the most widely used mobile handset in the US.
Speaking in the aftermath of a of high profile privacy conflict between the FBI and US tech giants like Apple, Facebook and Google over the release of a software to void their privacy protocols.
Trump said during a South Carolina rally: “I think what you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time as they give that security number. How do you like that? I just thought of that, Boycott Apple!”
He later tweeted the sentiment.
Boycott all Apple products until such time as Apple gives cellphone info to authorities regarding radical Islamic terrorist couple from Cal
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2016
One reporter called out Trump who often tweets from an iPhone. He replied.
I use both iPhone & Samsung. If Apple doesn't give info to authorities on the terrorists I'll only be using Samsung until they give info.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19, 2016
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic there’s a very popular petition calling to ban Trump from the country, sparked by his call to ban all Muslims form the US. It has reached almost 580k signatories.