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Apple gives Chinese Government Access to iCloud Data and Censored Apps

To not lost any footing in the Chinese market, Apple does not put in any effort to stand up against the Chinese regime and instead bends to their bidding, giving full access to customer data and giving in censorship. source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/17/technology/apple-china-censorship-data.html archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/05/17/apple-gives-chinese-government-access-to-icloud-data-and-censored-apps-archived-source/
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Apple is enabling censorship of LGBTQ+ apps

It was found that Apple willingly censored LGBTQ+ related apps from their app store in multiple countries which condone the LGBTQ+ community. Instead of standing up against censorship and the oppression of certain social groups, Apple decides to bend the will of foreign countries to not lose their business footing. source: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2021-06-14-apple-is-enabling-censorship-of-lgbtq-apps-in-152/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2021/06/14/apple-is-enabling-censorship-of-lgbtq-apps-archived-source/
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Apple is enabling censorship of LGBTQ+ apps – archived source

Apple is enabling censorship of LGBTQ+ apps in 152 countries, new report finds Posted June 14, 2021 at 7:29 PM As LGBTQ+ people around the world celebrate Pride Month, new report from Fight for the Future and GreatFire shows how Apple’s App Store monopoly enables government crackdowns on LGBTQ+ content To view the full results […]
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Apple gives Chinese Government Access to iCloud Data and Censored Apps – archived source

Censorship, Surveillance and Profits: A Hard Bargain for Apple in China Apple built the world’s most valuable business on top of China. Now it has to answer to the Chinese government. By Jack Nicas, Raymond Zhong and Daisuke Wakabayashi – Published May 17, 2021, Updated June 17, 2021 GUIYANG, China — On the outskirts of this city […]
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Apple sends information about every binary file on MacOS to their central servers – archived source #2

Your Computer Isn’t Yours Jeffrey Paul – 12 November 2020 It’s here. It happened. Did you notice? I’m speaking, of course, of the world that Richard Stallman predicted in 1997. The one Cory Doctorow also warned us about. On modern versions of macOS, you simply can’t power on your computer, launch a text editor or eBook reader, […]
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Apple gave the FBI access to the iCloud account of a protester

Apple cooperated with the FBI to give access to a protester’s data stored in Apple’s iCloud. Though it is normal for a cooperation like Apple to comply with official search warrants this example shows how deeply personal access can be gained into a person’s private life as any data stored in one of the big […]
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Apple gave the FBI access to the iCloud account of a protester – archived source

Apple gave the FBI access to the iCloud account of a protester accused of setting police cars on fire Aaron Holmes – Sep 16, 2020, 5:52 PM Apple granted the FBI access to the iCloud account of a protester accused of setting police cars on fire in Seattle this summer, according to court documents. Once it […]
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Apple sends information about every binary file on MacOS to their central servers

It was found that on Apple’s MacOS operating system information about each executed binary file is logged and sent to their central servers. Which gives the company a deep insight about the user’s system usage without their consent. The company can claim this is a security measure but at the least it should be an […]
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Apple sends information about every binary file on MacOS to their central servers – archived source #1

Catalina is checking notarization of unsigned executables May 22 2020 by Jeff Johnson Support this blog: Link Unshortener, StopTheMadness, Underpass, PayPal.Me This is a follow-up to Allan Odgaard’s excellent article macOS 10.15: Slow by Design. I want to talk specifically about the first section “Spawning a new Process”, because there has been widespread misunderstanding of this. Odgaard provides a simple […]
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Apple’s nonfree Safari browser spies on users for the Chinese company Tencent

The Safari web browser installed on all Apple systems by default logs user’s ip addresses and sends them to their partner company Tencent which is known to be under control by the Chinese regime. source: https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-safari-ip-addresses-tencent/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2019/10/10/apples-nonfree-safari-browser-spies-on-users-for-the-chinese-company-tencent-archived-source/
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