Americans support Apple over Feds in privacy debate

Apple is gaining ground in winning the hearts and minds of the American public in the battle with the federal government over encryption.

A CNBC survey conducted before the Justice Department dropped its court order bid against the tech giant to unlock a terrorist’s iPhone found that 57 percent of Americans agreed that privacy concerns trumped the needs of law enforcement in the debate. That was an increase from 53 percent in December’s CNBC All-America Economic Survey. CONT.

Steve Liesman, CNBC

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