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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by smsm42 on Thursday February 28, 2019 @04:54PM (#19275616)
About 1000 other phone models not manufactured by Apple? Is it some kind of trick question that assumes Apple holds monopoly in the business of mobile/cloud and we're not aware of it? Or there's some other point here?
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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by eridius on Thursday February 28, 2019 @05:18PM (#19275829)
Everybody who operates cloud services in China is subject to these same laws. If you dump Apple over this, every other choice you have is guaranteed to be no better (and likely a hell of a lot worse) on the privacy front.
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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by smsm42 on Friday March 01, 2019 @03:38PM (#19285018)
Maybe the point is to choose provider that operates cloud services outside of China?
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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by mvid on Thursday February 28, 2019 @07:20PM (#19276840)
If all that matters is the phone model, then Apple is just as good since you don't need to use iCloud. If you are going to use cloud services, do you really think Google/Android is going to be better from a privacy perspective?
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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by mikeyzhe on Saturday March 02, 2019 @02:28PM (#19290698)
However other brands in China also obey the same law, that means you have to choose some brands that never have business in China, which excludes (Samsung, LG, Moto, ....)
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