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I can't find a device in the USA that doesn't come with government malware. Is this another instance of the USA accusing China of everything the USA is doing (like with the credit scores)?

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You'd have to be a bit more specific of which government malware you found in Android/iOS devices, cause that would be interesting

Android comes with something called Google Play Services, and iOS has a thing called iCloud. You may have heard of them.

I have, I still have not heard how the US government uses these as malware, but I would love to learn something new

For instance, if you use an Apple phone and the government wants to see the pictures you took, they can just get a copy of them from Apple using iCloud.

Yes, using a warrant from a court. If the government wants to break into my house they can also do that with a warrant. Not exactly the same as having a key to my house though, and very far from a malware.

Also to be more specific, In apple ecosystem I can opt for encryption where they can't

In the UK you can't opt for encryption.

You still can install PGP/GPG and encrypt whatever you upload yourself.

Still waiting for anything comparable to what China does.

> Still waiting for anything comparable to what China does.

Social credit scores. The USA inspired China to copy them. But in the USA they aren't called social.

You're free to opt out of icloud/gcloud and the government will have a tough time extracting the pictures from your phone, as multiple lawsuits have shown.

Without my encryption keys, which Apple doesn’t have? Don’t think so.

Please tell me how with Advanced Data Protection on they can access my data. I’d love to hear it.

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