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True. (And you're right that it contradicts Apple's privacy stance outside of China, which justifies examining their stance here a little more closely; my swipe

True. (And you're right that it contradicts Apple's privacy stance outside of China, which justifies examining their stance here a little more closely; my swipe at the Apple-mention-as-clickbait may have been a bit of a knee-jerk. Apologies for that.) But I would be shocked if the other major players (Facebook, Google, etc) aren't also participating in this; it seems to be the price of entry if they want to continue doing business there.

fooker 9y ago
Google and Facebook are banned in China.
- outsidetheparty 9y ago
  Well then. I stand corrected, thanks. Guess they chose not to pay the price of entry. Good for them
  - tuxxy 9y ago
    Google left after Chinese state sponsored hackers attacked their servers, IIRC. Check out Operation Aurora.
    - debt 9y ago
      That’s at least what Google said publicly was the reason they left China.
- polskibus 9y ago
  What about Microsoft? Is it participating?
  - wmf 9y ago
    http://fortune.com/2017/05/23/microsoft-claims-unique-cloud-status-in-china/ http://fortune.com/2017/05/23/microsoft-claims-unique-cloud-... https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/china-welcome https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/china-welcome
  - Spooky23 9y ago
    Microsoft uses a local partner to remain at arms length.
    - polskibus 9y ago
      Is that like IBM in Edwin Black's book?