Apple CEO Cook, US Sen. Lee talk importance of privacy

The Salt Lake Tribune reports Apple CEO Tim Cook and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, shared thoughts on data privacy during an appearance at the Silicon Slopes Summit 2021 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Cook discussed privacy as a fundamental human right, noting how people's phones carry more personal information than anything else they own, and spoke on his support of encryption. Lee spoke on the "dark side" of unregulated data collection and how it presents a "significant online data problem" to people of all ages.