China Telecom Will Manage Apple's iCloud in China

[Lucian Armasu]

Apple has now completely relegated control over its users' data in China, as the government-owned China Telecom will manage users' data.

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[why_wolf]

I don't think they had a choice about turning iCould on or off in China. It was probably more likely the choice was do this or not be able to sell iPhones in China at all.

 

[stdragon]

Don't worry. I'm sure there will be a followup story on how China will use social media and cloud content to dynamically rank your "Social Credit" score in order to be eligible for certain "benefits" like education opportunities. Isn't that right comrade?

 

[jaber2]

sorry if double, People in China don't know and don't care

 

[bit_user]

People in China don't know and don't care

Many do know and do care. The trouble is that it was easy for them to circumvent the Great Firewall, and many other forms of surveillance, and that breeds complacency. Lately, the government has been tightening the screws... or slowly turning up the heat.. you choose the analogy.

Even then, what do you do?

I used to hope North Korea would gradually become more like China, but now the converse is happening.