Why pretend like China isn't the one censoring this.
It's not a good thing for Apple to be innovating on ways to enforce Chinese censorship (although if I understand correctly, it doesn't matter—China could already censor roaming cell traffic, they just choose not to).
Really? Travelers with a foreign cell phone and foreign SIM are excepted from Chinese censorship laws? I find this very difficult to believe. It's more likely that censorship laws are simply more difficult to enforce on travelers, which doesn't make it any more legal.
The reverse is also true: a Chinese mobile number, even while roaming in the US, will still be subject to the Great Firewall.
They might be the same broad concept, but I think it’s a much larger conversation than just following orders.
I don’t agree with the decision to censor in China but it feels like an unrealistic comparison to make here.
Apple seems willing to disregard American laws regarding backdoors, national security, and access to device information.
I find it interesting that we're all proud that Apple will "stand up" to the US federal government and resist attacks on privacy and liberties, but then so many turn around justify them doing the exact opposite in China. "Well, when in Rome..." sounds like an awfully convenient rationalization as well.
Which American law did they disregard? Unilateral opinions from one branch of government are not "laws".
This isn't an Apples to apples comparison.
If you’re taking about the case with the San Bernadino shooter, they challenged the FBI in a court of law, which is exactly how something like that should be handled, is it not?
As for China, if it was my choice, I wouldn’t do any business in China if I was a company that stands up for privacy. But that’s probably why I don’t run a trillion dollar company.