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

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

  • cobra89@beehaw.org
    213·
    1 year ago

    Yes put all their government employees on most likely outdated Android which probably don’t have up to date security patches. Brilliant.

    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
      2·
      1 year ago

      Not for long. Now that HarmonyOS 4 is out they’re pushing HarmonyOS NEXT which has all of the Android libraries removed.

      • cobra89@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        I would bet dollars to donuts that foreign governments have already exploited HarmonyOS 4.

        • Buelldozer@lemmy.today
          1·
          1 year ago

          I wouldn’t bet against it but from the CCPs perspective that’s still better than iOS & Android where it’s a near certainty that the NSA has back doors baked into the OS.

    • naqahdah@my.lserver.dev
      1·
      1 year ago

      People are down voting this, but I think the point is valid. Unless they are switching to only allowing Chinese branded phones with an entirely Chinese homegrown OS on them, then Apple isn’t even the most worrisome device for them to carry.

      I’d think anything Android would also be off the table. Anything made by a US ally, anything with a chip, of any kind, manufactured or designed by the US or an ally, and so on. Otherwise, this strikes me as locking the front door for security, but leaving all the other doors and windows open.