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How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in China | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP

How Apple is paving the way to a ‘cloud dictatorship’ in China | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP: Over the next few weeks, iCloud users in China will receive a notification from Apple, seeking their endorsement of the new service terms. These “iCloud (operated by GCBD) terms and conditions” have a newly added paragraph, which reads:

“If you understand and agree, Apple and GCBD have the right to access your data stored on its servers. This includes permission sharing, exchange, and disclosure of all user data (including content) according to the application of the law.”

In other words, once the agreement is signed, GCBD — a company solely owned by the state — would get a key that can access all iCloud user data in China, legally.

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