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

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

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] Buelldozer 9 points 1 year 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.