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Apple CEO Tim Cook says there's a 'false tradeoff' between technological progress and forcing people to give up their personal data

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the widely-held notion that people need to give up their privacy for better technology is a 'false tradeoff.'
Cook's comments on privacy were part of a broader response to a question posed by Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff at the Dreamforce conference on Tuesday. Benioff asked Cook how the company balanced improving the lives of its customers with improving the state of the world itself.
Although Cook's response did not name any specific companies, his answer was a thinly-veiled jab at companies like Google and Facebook, which have come under scrutiny for how...
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Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff says he doesn't use a computer anymore and has been running his business from his iPhone for years

20 days ago | By Business Insider

Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff said on Tuesday that he no longer uses a computer and has been running his business from his iPhone for years.
Benioff spoke with Apple CEO Tim Cook on stage at Salesforce's annual Dreamforce conference about how everything he needs to run his business is on his phone.
Benioff also said that relying only on his phone is "a freeing feeling."
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