Trump calls for boycott of Apple products amid FBI feud

February 20, 2016 13:48

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple products until the tech giant agrees to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of one of the shooters in the San Bernardino attacks.

"Boycott Apple," Trump said at an election campaign rally in South Carolina yesterday, a day before the state holds its crucial Republican primary.

"What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until such time they give that security number," he said adding, "How do you like that? I just thought of that!"

Trump's call for boycott came after Apple CEO Tim Cook resisted a US court order to help FBI unlock the phone as part of a probe into last year's San Bernardino attacks, escalating a legal showdown over security and privacy in the US.

Cook describing the demand as "chilling" and called for a public debate over the issue of privacy and security.

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