COSTELLO: Protesters are planning to gather outside Apple stores at more than 30 cities, opposing the FBI's request to unlock an encrypted an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. But the FBI is also getting some support and it comes from one of the biggest names in the tech world, that would be Bill Gates. Laurie Segall joins me now. Are you surprised?</s>LAURIE SEGALL, CNNMONEY TECH CORRESPONDENT: You know what? I actually am pretty surprised. Usually, Silicon Valley is pretty tight knit on these issues. It's a big deal that Bill Gates is speaking out. You have Google, Twitter, Facebook has rallied behind Apple. But Bill Gates, the first tech titan to say I side with the FBI. Listen to what he said.</s>BILL GATES, TECH ENTREPRENEUR AND GLOBAL PHILANTHROPIST: Apple has access to the information. There is not -- they are just refusing to provide the access and the courts will tell them whether to provide the access or not. You shouldn't call the access some special thing. It is no different than should if anybody ever been able to tell the phone company to get information, bank records. Should anybody be able to get it, at bank records? There is no difference between information. The government's come asking for a specific set of information.</s>SEGALL: Now, what Apple will say is, you know, this is the first time they are asked to actually build new technology to access information. That is what's dividing this case. And they say it makes users less safe. Mark Zuckerberg actually spoke yesterday at Mobile World Congress, which is big tech conference in Barcelona, and he said he didn't believe in a back door.
Bill Gates Supports FBI in Phone Battle.