Apple has complied with the Chinese government’s request to remove several popular communication apps from its app store, including WhatsApp, Threads, Signal, and Telegram, due to national security concerns. This action was taken following a directive from the Cyberspace Administration of China. These apps have been crucial for political dissidents globally, especially in China where political expression is heavily regulated. Despite previous reliance on VPNs to access these platforms, they are now unavailable for download in China through the official app store. This move by Apple comes amidst increasing tensions between the U.S. and China in the realm of consumer technology, with discussions in the U.S. Senate about the future of TikTok, a popular social media app owned by a Chinese parent company
It’s more complex than that, if the US have blocked China on recollecting and analyzing the data of the US population, then seems fair to stop platforms which do the same but for the US govt.
Why do you think there are “free” apps if there is a cost into making them work? There is no such thing as something free, not in this world.
Or do you believe we are in the era of philanthropic corps?
Signal does not hoard data on behalf of the US government.
How did you know?
The signal protocol is open source, meaning the code has been published.
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I think you misunderstood me, I don’t say free services didn’t exist but there is a big difference between services runned by the community and services runned by foundations and corporations.
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So messages and other content are encrypted/decrypted in both ends? No way to know its contents on the server side?
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