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You are either utterly uniformed or intentionally misleading. Apple located the data center in China, as Chinese law requires while maintaining the same encrypt
by emsy 8y ago
You are either utterly uniformed or intentionally misleading. Apple located the data center in China, as Chinese law requires while maintaining the same encryption standards they have for all of their customers. Google was collaborating with China in creating a censorial search engine behind the great firewall. Completely different things.
- Aunche 8y agoHow is that any different? Google isn't doing anything different from any other search engine in China. Of course, they're collaborating with China, just like Apple in order to build a data center there.
- emsy 8y agoApple is complying to local standards while keeping their own moral standards. Google is making a moral compromise to work for the CPC. It would be comparable if Apple rolled out a chinese version of iCloud for which the CPC has the keys, which is not the case. By the way, when the Apple situation was reported, I was (and still am) critical of it, because it sets a bad precedent. But spreading misinformation in a forum where people are supposed to know better is not acceptable.
- izacus 8y agoPlease explain how are those two different things? Apple built a datacenter and gave keys to Chinese government to comply with law. Google is looking at (not even deploying!) a search engine that would comply with Chinese law and deploy it in China. How do you think those things are different? Especially since Google did not deploy anything yet, while Apple gave up on the "human right" and handed over the keys?