Sure, but then he&#x27;s saying he was misrepresented by that?<p>So do the quoted questions and answers written on that page accurately represent what Gates said, because if they do, then although he might not be &#x27;siding with the government&#x27;, it seems he sees nothing problematic with the government making this sort of request, either in compelling Apple to produce a version of iOS that will allow for brute-forcing, or in this case setting any sort of precedent for what the government can ask companies to do via the All Writs Act.<p>Actually, if the quotes in that article are accurate, it seems that Gates doesn&#x27;t understand the issue at all, specifically:<p>&gt; Apple has access to the information. They’re just refusing to provide the access and the courts will tell them whether to provide the access or not<p>Which is not the case here.  Apple doesn&#x27;t have access to the information and they will need to build a customised and security-compromised version of iOS in order to allow the FBI to attempt to retrieve that information.