it’s also american made devices. China doesn’t want it’s citizens data going to america anymore than you want your data going to china. it’s both ways.
the EU also regulates this for what it’s worth, you can’t have american spyware sending data to american services. the data has to be kept within the EU so that it can be regulated to satisfy what the EU needs, because america won’t do that.
Their data isn’t going to the US though. In response to a 2017 Chinese law, Apple agreed to move its Chinese customers’ data to China and onto computers owned and run by a Chinese state-owned company. Chinese government workers physically control and operate the data center.
I’d think this is just as much about data access as data safety. It’s a lot easier for China to gain access to and control their employees’ data and usage if they’re using a China-made Android phone than an iPhone.
Apple has to make special allowances to comply with Chinese law, but I’d imagine their phones are still keeping far more user data out of the Chinese government’s hands than their local competition.
it’s also american made devices. China doesn’t want it’s citizens data going to america anymore than you want your data going to china. it’s both ways.
the EU also regulates this for what it’s worth, you can’t have american spyware sending data to american services. the data has to be kept within the EU so that it can be regulated to satisfy what the EU needs, because america won’t do that.
Their data isn’t going to the US though. In response to a 2017 Chinese law, Apple agreed to move its Chinese customers’ data to China and onto computers owned and run by a Chinese state-owned company. Chinese government workers physically control and operate the data center.
Source. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-privacy-censorship.html
I’d think this is just as much about data access as data safety. It’s a lot easier for China to gain access to and control their employees’ data and usage if they’re using a China-made Android phone than an iPhone.
Apple has to make special allowances to comply with Chinese law, but I’d imagine their phones are still keeping far more user data out of the Chinese government’s hands than their local competition.