Is Apple even in Russia? I know it's not in India or something.
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iOS 15 'iCloud Private Relay' Feature Won't Be Available in China, Belarus, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and More
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You shouldn't assume things.
I agree with censorship to combat the US and UK PsyOPs, but this also has long-term repercussions. Most of the human knowledge (that matters) is written in English and by shutting out the entire West, the Chinese will be disconnected and less self-aware. That's dangerous. Of course, the elites in the Chinese society can and always will have access to the world via VPNs, maybe that's enough. It's not possible to get a VPN in China unless you have connections or affiliations, so you basically need to live abroad to know about this (just travel is insufficient b/c you just wouldn't know enough by osmosis), have VPN installed before you go to China, or you have to work for those big companies and reach senior-level positions. They no longer provide VPNs for entry-level employees after the 2017 regulatory change.
They are throwing the baby out with bath water.
Hopefully, by using end-to-end encryption and other technical methods, they can defeat the National Security Letters. Just give them random bits.
I hope they will encrypt the metadata too.
Personally, I think the encryption standards themselves are compromised, but this isn’t the time or the place to rehash the NSA’s long history of undermining security from the inside.
A nice shortlist of countries to not travel to on holidays. Excellent.
Comrade Tim cowtowing to his Bejing masters once again. The hypocrisy is off the charts
Yeah, talk that to aboriginal people in North America. Talk to Canadian Residential school survivor, you guys aren’t living in a fantasy island.
True, but at least they added it as a feature to customers already paying for 50 GB+ rather than some brand new tier.
Their statement is that it isn't a VPN because the part that would be a VPN, also has a VPN. That second hop is what differentiates it and allows them to hide all the source data.
I love how people in this forum think it's Apple who's denying the service in the countries listed. C'mon people. You should know better.
People have their heads stuck in the sand regarding political censorship in the West. Most westerners seem to be OK with it, as the censorship hammer drops most harshly on prominent members of a relatively small, undesirable political class. But US tech monopolies are absolutely in bed with a major US political party to quell dissent, suppress speech, push legislation, and tilt elections.
If you wrong these people, you can be mass banned from dozens of platforms overnight, fired from your job, have your bank accounts seized, added to no-fly lists, and barred entry to other western nations... all without breaking a single law. It's insidious and getting worse. They pulled this stunt on the leader of the opposition party - a brazen move straight out of a banana republic.
I think people are criticizing Apple for doing business with these countries while playing the woke card at home.
I already use a VPN, therefore I'm not going to take much advantage of this feature, but I surely seeing like apple pursuing this direction
I do have to say, I’m genuinely excited by this feature. It’s fun watching Apple, with all its flaws, continue to kick the crap out of the parasitic AdTech industry.
You can say it anywhere you want. That’s the entire point. You recognize the failure of our country and are free to speak about them and fight against them. We have entire movements dedicated to correcting the wrongs in our justice system. In China they just lock everyone up if they try to challenge the CCP.
Probably, but it’s going to be hard to garner any sympathy when their complaint essentially amounts to Apple preventing them from vacuuming as much data as they would like.
That’s my thought, but given the corporate makeup of our court system, it’s kind of a jump ball on what the outcome will be. The current Epic trial is looking like there’s going to be some outcomes that have nothing to do with the actual law, just which Silicon Valley coalition is going to win 🤷♂️
In that note, what do you think about right to repair laws? Are these attempt to bring right to repair legislation will fail?
Oh they’ll fail, but not because they’re wrong. I absolutely believe in the right to repair, up to a point.