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China Decides iPhones Pose a National Security Risk (www.pcmag.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Employees at some Chinese ministries must stop using iPhones before the end of September.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

China bashing aside how likely is the us engaging in tech espionage of foreign countries? Are there any merit in the statement below? (Serious replies only)

“Measures are believed to be aimed at eliminating perceived national security risks from telecoms devices made by a US company”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's the new way countries are spying on each other. China and the states are both doing it a lot.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

China bashing aside how likely is the us engaging in tech espionage of foreign countries?

100% real and there's no question about it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-security-agency-spied-merkel-other-top-european-officials-through-danish-2021-05-30/

It’s been documented already. I guess the next question is if there’s any reason to think it’s stopped.

Update: I guess not. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/13/us/politics/us-spying-allies.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not sure what tech espionage means. Espionage - yes they are engaging in it and always have. Everyone is. If it means espionage using modern technology, also yes. Tapping underwater cables, collection of unencrypted data, you name it. Snowden lives in exile because we know about it.