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Wouldn't be surprised if this is because the phones are TOO secure. Maybe they want them to use phones with built-in back-doors so they can keep an eye on them.
by jcrash 3y ago
Wouldn't be surprised if this is because the phones are TOO secure. Maybe they want them to use phones with built-in back-doors so they can keep an eye on them.
- c7DJTLrn 3y agoNot really, it's just tit-for-tat because Western governments banned use of phones from Chinese companies such as Huawei. It's the same game we've been playing for years.
- manuelabeledo 3y agoThen they should have banned iPhone sales across China, as the US did with Huawei.
- lenkite 3y agoThe public ban will also come in due time. Probably when the US carries out another equipment ban against China. This is a way to manage public perceptions.
- Calvin02 3y agoI think MDM systems enable governments to track quite a bit these days. I think the real issue probably is somewhere between retaliation and the desire to support a domestic competitor. China has long had a view that it can't be reliant on a foreign company and that's especially true for the tech sector.
- politelemon 3y agoIt's got backdoors, just not to the places they want it going to.
- smoldesu 3y agoI'd doubt it. Apple regularly provides the Chinese government with device data[0], and iCloud data is already stored in state-owned[1] servers. I struggle to imagine what more surveillance you could ask for. [0] https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/cn.html https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/cn.html [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208351