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How do they determine if your iCloud account is Chinese. If you use a Chinese SIM card? Access from a Chinese IP? Neither? Both? Depending on that it could sti
by bpye 8y ago
How do they determine if your iCloud account is Chinese. If you use a Chinese SIM card? Access from a Chinese IP? Neither? Both?
Depending on that it could still affect someone from the US for example, if they took a business trip to China. Or if something maliciously routed your internet traffic through China.
- howlingfantods 8y agoiCloud accounts are region specific, it’s a pretty involved process to change it. You have to have a local payment source like a credit card.
- bpye 8y agoOkay, this makes me a little more comfortable - does Apple state this as being how they determine data residency?
- dewey 8y agoSmall correction: the credit card is not needed if you go through specific steps like a free app. Then you can select “none” as the payment method in every country I’ve tested so far.
- dloose 8y agoFrom the article: > The change only affects users who set China as their country on Apple devices and doesn’t affect users who select Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.