President Obama Calls for Finding Middle Ground Around Issues Pertaining to Apple-FBI Fight

Tackled thorny topics at SXSW

President Barack Obama appeared at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin today and weighed in on the issues that are central to the ongoing fight between Apple and the FBI. The feds want the consumer brand to create a backdoor on its phones for the sake of investigations.

Obama, declining to comment directly on the specific case, still managed to acknowledge points from both side of the argument. 

"My conclusion so far is that you cannot take an absolutist view on this," he said before a packed house at The Long Center's Dell Hall.

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