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Apple emphasizes respect for customer privacy and security, but reports are reported that in China it is giving way to the government to continue manufacturing and selling its products.
According to reports, the main issue is that Apple built a data center in China to comply with the local law in 2016, which mandated all personal information and data collected in China to be stored domestically, and transferred iCloud data from Chinese customers to China. What I managed to do. This information is also publicly disclosed by Apple itself, not a secret, as a way to improve iCloud services in mainland China.
Apple resisted China’s move to strengthen customer data management, but was forced to obey. It is said that after negotiations over a digital key that can decrypt the iCloud password have been difficult, the claim that Apple will keep it in the United States was rejected, and eventually it was stored in China.
The decision was said to have surprised two anonymous Apple executives who participated in the negotiations. They say this could put customer data at risk. While there is no evidence that the Chinese government has access to the data, security experts are likely to have compromised encryption key storage, or that China will either require or not require data, given that Chinese internet company GCBD, a third-party company on behalf of Apple, manages customer data. It is pointed out that there is.
In response to this report, Apple issued a statement. It has never compromised on customer data management in China, but the key to protecting Chinese customer data is still maintained by Apple, and it is said that it uses more advanced encryption technology than those used in other countries.
In addition, as China requested an official license for a paid game or a game that offers in-app billing, Apple removed a large number of apps at the request of the government. In response, Apple says this decision is not always easy to comply with Chinese laws, but says Apple’s priority is to provide the best user experience without violating the rules to be followed.
According to other reports, the Chinese App Store banned apps for the Dalai Lama while continuing to publish apps for Chinese paramilitary organizations accused of arresting and assaulting Uighurs, a minority in China. It is also pointed out that the map app, where the Taiwanese flag emoticon was censored on the Chinese iPhone, marked Taiwan as part of China and once had a bug that crashes when hitting Taiwan. It can be said that Apple is in an increasingly difficult position as China and the West face confrontation over human rights issues and privacy protection. Related information can be found here.
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