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Re:Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Email on Hkmap.live Doesn’t Add Up by cromwellian on Thursday October 10, 2019 @08:29PM (#21220515)
Apple was in a similar situation with the FBI asking to unlock suspected terrorist phones, and they pushed back.

Let's not give them a pass here, as it's quite obvious why they're accepting the Chinese statements at face value, because of how dependent they are on the Chinese market.

This is about money, not principles.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Email on Hkmap.live Doesn’t Add Up by dwaite on Friday October 11, 2019 @12:56PM (#21226167)
> Let's not give them a pass here, as it's quite obvious why they're accepting the Chinese statements at face value, because of how dependent they are on the Chinese market.

Let's not forget that in the United States, Apple has recourse to push back against government requests within the system of the law.

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Re:Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Email on Hkmap.live Doesn’t Add Up by millstone on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:45PM (#21220842)
I don't think Apple deserves a pass, but removing an app from the store is not similar to creating a special version of the OS with a backdoor.
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Re:Tim Cook’s Company-Wide Email on Hkmap.live Doesn’t Add Up by SmellyGeekBoy on Friday October 11, 2019 @07:36AM (#21223332)
They (very quietly) created a special version of iCloud which is entirely run by a Chinese state-owned company. I don't see how that's any different to "a special version of the OS with a backdoor".
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