Report: China bans iPhone use by government officials

07 September 2023
The ban also likely extends to other devices from foreign brands.

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Honk, 07 Sep 2023If they start using Huawei phones wouldn't it just be ... moreNo because huawei werent spying nor any actual evidence of them doing it but thanks for that awfully unfunny comment 👍.

Iphones have been actually known to have leaked data from millions of its users though on multiple occasions including samsung doing it too so good try.

    Notafanboy-Fanboy, 07 Sep 2023Joke of the year 🤣 🤣I am sorry. My last reply was meant to person You replied to.

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      • 07 Sep 2023

      Lmao everyone knows people never bought iphones for objective reasons.

      We really need other operating systems besides iOS and Android.

        Anonymous, 07 Sep 2023So they will rely on Android for security? Android??Thanks to android being open source, people can create custom ROM.
        Therefore, Custom ROM can be focused on security and privacy, like the hardened ROM GrapheneOs.

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          • 07 Sep 2023

          If they start using Huawei phones wouldn't it just be officials spying on themselves or something?

            Notafanboy-Fanboy, 07 Sep 2023Joke of the year 🤣 🤣How comes? Huawei has/had two best things. Camera and Kirin. Even old midrange from Huawei (like Nova 5T) snaps better photos than most of nowadays wannabe flagships.

              Anonymous, 07 Sep 2023So they will rely on Android for security? Android??In China, it's mostly AOSP and Harmony. Both are Spygle free.

                Anonymous, 07 Sep 2023But, huawei made bad products and nobody complain about the... moreJoke of the year 🤣 🤣

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                  Anonymous, 07 Sep 2023But, huawei made bad products and nobody complain about the... moreErrrr, Huawei make some of the best flagship phones on the planet and Huawei is a huge brand. Try Google the things you don't know... Btw I'm a Samsung S22 Ultra user, so I can spare you for some silly comments.

                    THIS after Russia banned iPhone and iPad from government's activities.

                    but is this China and Russia's diplomatic relationship has ready to kick USA's technologies out?!

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                      • 07 Sep 2023

                      Oh no!






                      Anyway...

                        Obviously it's a response, since just stopping data and servers from leaving the country would be enough otherwise.
                        Interesting would be tho, to see EU to ban a non-EU phones, maybe some new brands would pop out then. Now having samsung and apple in premium field, not m7ch of competition even considering its non eu brands.

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                          • 07 Sep 2023

                          Any country can ban any company. Anywhere you are just order anythin ya like nd it'll be shipped to ya wherever ya live, lol.

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                            Anonymous, 07 Sep 2023LOL the china shills, who cried in pain when USA banned chi... moreBut, huawei made bad products and nobody complain about the ban of bad products. Finally huawei is a dead brand now.

                            Really happy ending story.

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                              • 07 Sep 2023

                              Wow, that's be a dramatic turn of events.

                              I'm not still quite sure, if the consequences of these measures are to be any sensitive: the limitation is only about work, but people still can enjoy apple iphones all the way in their private life.

                              And China is somehow still vulnarable to such measures itself: all the iphones are product of china nowdays, they'll lose factory orders, if the restrictions are somehow to turn effective.

                              My only wish as a customer (lol, sorry) is that chinese upper midrangers are about to become cheaper in price. I'm somehow not much of u.s. pricier technologies fanboy. Would just want top Dimensity 8200/9200 phones become cheaper, sorry ;)

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                                Anonymous, 07 Sep 2023So they will rely on Android for security? Android??the "android" that they use is AOSP a.k.a the open source version.

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                                  • 07 Sep 2023

                                  Can people just grow up

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                                    • 07 Sep 2023

                                    So they will rely on Android for security? Android??

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                                      Inve, 07 Sep 2023Peculiar that they are not banning Google-connected Android... moreMost Android phones that available on China are actually don't have Google Mobile Services.

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                                        • 07 Sep 2023

                                        Peculiar that they are not banning Google-connected Android phones as well.

                                        As long as the device, be it a phone, computer, tablet, connects to US-based services for updates, then it is vulnerable to espionage and sabotage by US intelligence agencies.

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