On HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver delved into the tricky subject of data encryption that has the FBI butting heads with Apple. The host touched on the slippery slope of the Justice Department’s efforts to have Apple create a program that …
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has done this kind of thing before, debunking – or at least degrading — a slice of Apple lore.
In 2011 he told me that the well-established date of Apple’s founding — April 1, 1976 — was actually “murky” to his mind, meaning not that he didn’t recall but that he didn’t agree.
And now he’s told Bloomberg that the quaint “founded in a garage” tale – a staple for many a startup besides Apple – was less than it has been portrayed in his case.
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