In his keynote address at the 2016 South By Southwest conference, President Barack Obama responded directly to a question about cybersecurity in light of the ongoing Apple v. FBI case with answers that favored the American government’s current position. President Obama even called out Edward Snowden’s disclosure of classified documents in 2013.
When asked by moderator and Texas Tribune founder Evan Smith where he came down on the question of digital-device privacy versus national security, President Obama began his response by saying, “I can’t comment on that specific case.” Yet the President’s lengthy response revolved around that case’s core issues of encryption to a point that it appeared unmistakably related.
