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

submitted 10 months 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] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Any US technology has NSA backdoors. I'm surprised it took them this long to realize, since they do the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

I'm sure they've known for years, there just wasn't a lot they could do it about and relations with the US were good enough that it wasn't a serious problem...until now.