Tim Cook: buried in interview, Apple boss hints at gray area for helping FBI

CEO gives on-the-record answers to Time magazine about company's encryption battle with government and what could be a problem going forward

Apple's chief executive Tim Cook has taken to national TV, Capitol Hill and his company's shareholders' meeting to try to persuade consumers that the iPhone maker is right in its privacy standoff with the US government.

But buried in the transcript of a recent interview with Time magazine offers some key on-the-record insights Cook has not made before.