Apple's Tim Cook warns that sacrificing privacy 'risks our way of life'

The fourth paragraph has been corrected and now reads:

"We still live in a world where all people are not treated equally," he said, "where too many people do not feel free to practice their religion or express their opinion or love who they choose, a world in which that information can make the difference between life or death."

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