Doesn't help things like mail or photos, of course, but it is extremely notable in the China context for one big reason: it does E2E encrypt messages. WhatsApp was banned from China when they implemented this. Apple stands out in this way... although they're probably getting away with it because most Chinese don't use Apple Messages.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLGFriOKz6U

[0] - https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2016/03/21/attack-o...

I don't want to touch iTunes and do computer backup, that is like a very geeky way do it and most people in China don't even have Laptop or Desktop. If they can make Dual Sim and other features targeting the Chinese market; Apple's second biggest market, why cant they make Time Capsule specifically for China. ( Making it China only will likely piss off the Chinese Government. They could release it worldwide to avoid this.)

The encryption keys for Chinese users are stored in China, and the government has full access to data and keys on those servers as per Chinese law. Maybe “backdoored” is the wrong word since they can walk in the front door.

I never knew that - this might be a much better option than iCloud backup

I would immediately buy 3 if these.

Both small packets and maxing out the window size in one stream. Lack of DNS queries from the host. Single connection dominating the bandwidth.

There's a reason for all of those of course, but put them together on a residential connection: almost certainly a VPN user.

And these are all really simple heuristics. In practice, we know you can identify which Netflix video are you watching just by the packet sizes/timing.

I have a specific google account for my Android phones specifically because you can’t do anything on an Android without logging in. iPhones still work as phones just without cloud storage.

Would it send less telemetry data to Apple?

And the default is no.