Apple Boss Takes Aim at ‘Weaponization’ of Customer Data

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a keynote during the European Union's privacy conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium Oct. 24, 2018. Reuters/Yves Herman

BRUSSELS—Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Oct. 24 said customer data was being “weaponized with military efficiency” by companies to increase profit and called for a federal privacy law in the United States.

But Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company’s ad-based business model said users were aware of a trade-off for free services.