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Apple Sets Up China Data Center To Meet New Cybersecurity Rules (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the when-in-China dept.

Apple on Wednesday said it is setting up its first data center in China, in partnership with a local internet services company, to comply with tougher cybersecurity laws introduced last month. From a report: The U.S. technology company said it will build the center in the southern province of Guizhou with data management firm Guizhou-Cloud Big Data Industry. An Apple spokesman in Shanghai told Reuters the center is part of a planned $1 billion investment into the province. "The addition of this data center will allow us to improve the speed and reliability of our products and services while also complying with newly passed regulations," Apple said in a statement to Reuters.

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  1. Cybersecutiry = Chinese Government snooping by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 3, Informative

    Cybersecurity? Or the Chinese government just want to keep better tabs on democracy protesters on Hong Kong?

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    1. Re:Cybersecutiry = Chinese Government snooping by zugmeister · · Score: 2

      I don't think anyone's even pretending it's about security anymore.

  2. Interesting quotes from TFA by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Informative

    The claim is that the rule being complied with is a requirement for Chinese ownership:

    "These regulations require cloud services be operated by Chinese companies so we're partnering with GCBD to offer iCloud," [Apple] said, referring to its online data storage service.

    Also, they state there will be no back doors.

    Apple also said it had strong data privacy and security protections in place.

    "No backdoors will be created into any of our systems," it said.

    If the latter is true, it will be interesting to see how this plays out with the Chinese government, as time goes on...

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    1. Re:Interesting quotes from TFA by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 2

      Since Apple has unequivocally said that they would not install backdoors, if they were caught doing it (and they would likely get caught) it would cost them dearly in credibility and market share. They would likely lose hundreds of billions in lost sales.

      Your conspiracy theory is based on ignorance about how China works. If China wanted backdoors on cell phones and/or datacenters they would just openly and publicly mandate it. There is no reason they would try to keep it secret.

      The NSA is trying to detect a handful of spies and terrorists. The CCP is trying to keep 1.3 billion people in line. Those are two very different objectives, requiring very different means.