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It's not "whatever." Apple has removed emoji and an app; they don't provide the government with backdoors or biometric data. There really is a line.
by millstone 7y ago
It's not "whatever." Apple has removed emoji and an app; they don't provide the government with backdoors or biometric data. There really is a line.
- jakelazaroff 7y agoWhy do you think there's a line? What is that based on?
- corodra 7y agohttps://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-iphone-ipad-government-data-privacy-transparency-report-2018-a8697761.html https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne... 2018: "The iPhone maker’s latest Transparency Report reveals it received 32,342 demands from governments around the world to access 163,823 devices, with 80 per cent of the requests granted." Come on, seriously? This is what they ADMIT to worldwide. Here's on China: https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/cn.html https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/cn.html Again, what they admit to. And that's only on the second half of 2018. With all their regular anti-consumer practices on hardware, you're really going to imagine they're champions of individual freedoms and privacy?
- bluesix 7y agoApple's iCloud servers for Chinese users are located in China, run by a Chinese tech service provider and provides them with the keys - as stipulated by the Chinese government. Of course the government has access to the data.
- sneak 7y agoiCloud is backdoored at the server for all users in China.