> On Wednesday, Apple officially handed over its iCloud operation in China to a local state-run company, along with all encryption keys to unlock local user dat

> On Wednesday, Apple officially handed over its iCloud operation in China to a local state-run company, along with all encryption keys to unlock local user data. The switch will give the Chinese government unfettered access to the photos, emails and contacts of over 240 million iPhone users in China. https://observer.com/2018/03/apple-grants-china-full-control-icloud-data/ https://observer.com/2018/03/apple-grants-china-full-control... > "The simple fact is that once the encryption keys are stored on Chinese servers, they will be easier for Chinese authorities to access — with or without legal requests," says Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, a US-based NGO. "Since Apple has declared its willingness to 'comply with Chinese law,' its reassurance that it, not its Chinese partner, would control the encryption keys is not exactly reassuring. In addition, Chinese authorities could bypass Apple to address their requests directly to Apple’s Chinese partner, a state-owned enterprise that, of course, would have to cooperate with Chinese authorities." https://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-icloud-china-iphone-data-privacy https://www.wired.co.uk/article/apple-icloud-china-iphone-da...