Apple begins storing users' personal data on servers in China

Reuters ^ | Aug 16, 2014 | Gerry Shih and Paul Carsten

[Innovative]

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has begun keeping the personal data of some Chinese users on servers in mainland China, marking the first time the tech giant is storing user data on Chinese soil.

The storage of user data in China represents a departure from the policies of some technology companies, notably Google Inc (GOOGL.O), which has long refused to build data centers in China due to censorship and privacy concerns.

Apple said the move was part of an effort to improve the speed and reliability of its iCloud service, which lets users store pictures, e-mail and other data. Positioning data centers as close to customers as possible means faster service.

[Cold Heat]

I have a 200 watt, bumper...

But enough said....I did not think I would get anywhere with you. You are wedded to your tech. You ignore all the obvious risks for the future of the US and the present in China as it applies to smart phones..

I guess when it happens to you, you will figure it out.

But to close this out, I will say again that I did not come here to this thread to attempt to bash the hell out of I-phones. I can do that, but I’m not.

Frankly, their newest version is much improved over the last, as they could barely make a phone call that did not sound like the caller was in a trash can.

It got so bad, where I was constantly asking the caller to turn off the speaker phone, only to find out it was off, that I quit asking..

But that’s another matter and off topic for this thread, which is about the Chinese and what Apple did to mollify them, albeit temporarily. You can never satisfy their appetite for access. And they will use that data...

There is no question in my mind about that, and the encryption only slows them down, a few days at best. they want very badly to access data and any information they can get from residents and businessmen in HK and Taiwan. Now they have it as one more asset in their intelligence tool box.

Now it’s time to read the inside of my eyelids.