Apple CEO Tim Cook is creeped out by ads that follow him around the internet
Late last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook commented on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal . When asked what he would do if he were Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Cook replied, "I wouldn’t be in this situation." He later stated, "We could make a ton of money if our customer was our product. We've elected not to do that." Zuckerberg hit back calling the Apple executive's comments "extremely glib." On Friday, Cook was interviewed on MSNBC and said that online ads that follow users around the internet are creepy. He said, "To me it's creepy when I look at something and all of a sudden it's chasing me all the way across the web. I don't like that." The CEO also called privacy a "human right," and said that he is concerned with the way advertisers and others can gain access to personal data. Cook said during the interview that when Apple repatriates the $300 billion it holds overseas, it will pay $38 ...
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