Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts

Re:Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts by jgalar on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:26AM (#16116233)

Pure speculation on my part, but could this be a way for Apple to segregate Chinese account data from the rest of their customers' data?

That would seem to limit the scope of what Chinese authorities can access.

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Re:Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts by pawelkomarnicki on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:29AM (#16116278)

To me it seems to be case — Chinese customers will use firewalled version of iCloud available only in one country.

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Re:Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts by jitl on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:32PM (#16116948)

This is exactly what this is done. Apple needs to isolate its Chinese users so that only they are affected by Chinese government regulations.

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Re:Apple: Chinese firm to operate China iCloud accounts by Chaebixi on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:36PM (#16117572)

How do they define "Chinese users?" What about an American traveling or living in China?

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