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China Decides iPhones Pose a National Security Risk (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Employees at some Chinese ministries must stop using iPhones before the end of September.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So is basically every American tech company. I think its safe to assume that government has access of some sort to any entities that are physically present there be it US, China, India or France. US has some scary gag laws that make whistleblowing almost impossible. Just look at Snowden and PRISM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, if it’s companies based in US they’re pretty much forced to do what FBI, etc mandates. And if they tell the media or something there’s gag orders in the law. For example Pavel Durov, from Telegram, said he was approached by the FBI during a visit to the US asking Telegram to implement back doors.