Millions of Americans are inadvertently sending their internet traffic to Chinese companies—including several tied to the People’s Liberation Army.

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    Headline should read, “Apple Offers Apps With Ties to Nearly Every Major Military On Earth”

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      technology crowd: “damn apple and their closed ecosystem!”

      technology crowd: “damn apple and their ecosystem not being closed enough!”

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        Authoritarian sheep: “Apple must provide backdoors into their software.”

        Authoritarian sheep a week later: “Apple is providing backdoors into their software to any nation that asks politely! 😭”


        “Let the free market rule. Let’s consider corporations super citizens that have limitless influence on governments.” ::newly ominpotent corporation does something that doesn’t benefit them::. “No not like THAT!”

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        TBH Apple is closed mainly because it makes them boatloads of money, not because of security. It could still be open and responsible.

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          Are there any? It seems like it costs buttloads of money just to clear regulatory capture hurtles.