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Yeah, there is: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insight/apple-moves-to-store-icloud-keys-in-china-raising-human-rights-fears-idUSKCN1G8060
by CaptSpify 9y ago
Yeah, there is: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insight/apple-moves-to-store-icloud-keys-in-china-raising-human-rights-fears-idUSKCN1G8060 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-apple-icloud-insigh...
- GeekyBear 9y agoThat is proof that Apple follows local laws. Just like every other American company doing business in China. For instance, Microsoft. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/china-overview-operations https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/china/china-overview-...
- CaptSpify 9y agoAnd? A privacy violation via legal means is still a privacy violation. I fully acknowledge that we don't know what Microsoft does with our data either.
- joshuamorton 9y agoTheir specific question was if you had evidence of apple violating their own privacy policy. I'd agree that what they're doing is unethical, but it's not done secretly, and I'd expect that in China their privacy policy makes this clear. Do you have evidence of Apple violating their privacy policy?
- CaptSpify 9y agoActually, you are correct, I apologize. I mis-read the question and no, I don't have any evidence of Apple violating their privacy policy. But that's not what I'm stating. I'm only stating that we don't know what they do with our data.
- gcb0 9y agofrom downvotes on this, gotta love the fanboys take on those issues. > > app steals user data > jusy deny gps access or never install it and then > > apple throws chinese reporters under the bus > they are just complying with local law. like they didn't have an option of not doing business there.
- ovao 9y agoTechnically speaking, they have the option. Practically speaking, they do not have an option.
- CaptSpify 9y agoI don't see why not. Plenty of other organizations work that way. Why can't Apple?
- ovao 9y agoApple’s a publicly-held company, and China is among the largest markets for consumer electronics. Apple’s shareholders wouldn’t be too pleased if Apple simply said “nah” to such a market, and Apple’s obligations are ultimately to its shareholders. The situation might be different if Apple was a different kind of company, but it is what it is.
- CaptSpify 9y agoI'm sorry, but I don't buy it. Prioritizing your users is completely an option. This is simply a choice in which Apple chooses money over it's users.