Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
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Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#2My first (knee jerk) thought is “I guess this is what happens when you’re under pressure to perform better in China”; but I think there is more to the story than we know.
I would be surprised Apple if caved on this without having a mitigation strategy in place.
Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#3If it increases the share price, sales, maximizes shareholder value, without backlash in home market, it's okay. /s
Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#4Headline is somewhat misleading - this applies to Chinese iCloud accounts, not all iCloud accounts.
Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#5> they fear the authorities
authorities Clearly countries have come about because people have different ways of thinking of how things should or should not be done. Because of this I always find it weird when people from one country are very concerned about another countries citizens.
We(you) anybody can't be the police of the world. If you want to operate in another country then you should probably follow their local laws. Any attempt to do so will probably result in the hero (those who wish to police) to turn in to a tyrant much worse than that we have today.
Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#6Headline is somewhat misleading - this applies to Chinese iCloud accounts, not all iCloud accounts.
The headline is not misleading at all, they are doing exactly what I expected
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#8Will the user experience be degraded if the user sets their region to Hong Kong or Macau?
Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#9> they fear the authorities authorities Clearly countries have come about because people have different ways of thinking of how things should or should not be done. Because of this I always find it weird when people from one country are very concerned about another countries citizens. We(you) anybody can't be the police of the world. If you want to operate in another country then you should probably follow their loca…
> I always find it weird when people from one country are very concerned about another countries citizens.
I find it strange when people from one country aren’t concerned with other countries’ citizens. That may or may not justify “intervention”, but we’re all human beings on the same planet here.
Re: Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears
#10> they fear the authorities authorities Clearly countries have come about because people have different ways of thinking of how things should or should not be done. Because of this I always find it weird when people from one country are very concerned about another countries citizens. We(you) anybody can't be the police of the world. If you want to operate in another country then you should probably follow their loca…
This is very similar to a lot of the "appeasement" rhetoric going around just before WWII.