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How is China handling iphones: is there any equivalent to this app? Will they ban iphones in some sensitive locations if the phones can't be breached?

AFAIK iphones don't allow spyware apps to gather most of the data the android app does.

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Iphones are very expensive, so most people are not buying them. They can still read everything you post, every SMS, youe location, and everything you send to an informant or someone using an older Android. Most comms are blocked -- no signal or whatsapp, just Weibo. It's nbd.

I would guess Apple works closely with China and provides special software releases for Chinese devices, probably with spyware embedded.

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