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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: endicom on July 18, 2018, 10:06:53 pm
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Hot Hardware
Paul Lilly
July 18, 2018
Apple customers living in China have a new set of privacy concerns to deal with, if they use the iPhone maker's iCloud service. While previously all their iCloud data was stored on servers located in the United States, Apple has agreed to transfer iCloud storage duties in China to a division of China Telecom, a state-owned telecommunications service.
That outfit is called Tianyi, as first revealed in a WeChat post from China Telecom and later confirmed by Apple to TechCrunch. The concern for Apple users in China is that the state-owned agency now has access to a wealth of sensitive information, including text messages and email communications, and of course photos and videos.
More... https://hothardware.com/news/apple-surrenders-chinese-icloud-data-state-owned-telecom-servers