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.

    • traveler@lemdro.idEnglish
      84·
      10 months ago

      Thing is, Huawei had a shitload of connections with the CCP. We’re speaking about funding, the owner was ex CCP, etc. It’s very much not like Xiaomi which is more a Chinese private company (with funding from companies like Qualcomm).

      • MrBusinessMan@lemm.ee
        73·
        10 months ago

        One more reason I’m proud to be an American, where our tech companies have no ties or connections to the government.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        So is basically every American tech company. I think its safe to assume that government has access of some sort to any entities that are physically present there be it US, China, India or France. US has some scary gag laws that make whistleblowing almost impossible. Just look at Snowden and PRISM.

      • Unreliable@lemmy.ml
        2·
        10 months ago

        Can’t wait to see where Linux phones are in a few years but I have my doubts. Mostly around the app ecosystem (yes I know, just use the web browser for a lot of them), but hopefully the concept stays alive!