Thursday, September 27, 2018

Apple Folds on Data Storage in China

Apple admitted to doing what it did not want to do in China, store iCloud data in a Chinese-controlled area where the government can access it.  China left them no choice.  The BBC says they will partner with Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry Development [GCBD] under the real force in China, China Telecom, a state-owned enterprise. 

So, if you travel to China, work there, or live there doing business, there are no pretenses of privacy.  China knows what Apple knows, and Apple knows a lot.  We still don't know what cloud services have storage facilities in China where that same kind of access will be available to the Chinese government.  Cloud companies don't talk about it.  I would love to publish the list of companies having cloud storage in China, if someone else doesn't beat me to it. 

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