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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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[–] Buelldozer 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not for long. Now that HarmonyOS 4 is out they're pushing HarmonyOS NEXT which has all of the Android libraries removed.

[–] cobra89@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would bet dollars to donuts that foreign governments have already exploited HarmonyOS 4.

[–] Buelldozer 2 points 1 year ago

I wouldn't bet against it but from the CCPs perspective that's still better than iOS & Android where it's a near certainty that the NSA has back doors baked into the OS.