Apple stores up Yahoo-like trouble in China: opinion


  • TECH
  • Friday, 30 Mar 2018

Tim Cook, Apple CEO delivers his speech at the opening ceremony of the China Development Forum held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Sunday, March 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Emily Wang)

HONG KONG: Apple boss Tim Cook could turn out to be the yin to Yahoo’s Jerry Yang. The link between technological eras is the matter of data privacy in China. 

A few weeks ago, Apple began storing Chinese iCloud accounts inside the People’s Republic. New rules meant it had to do so or stop providing the service. Cook reckoned his company could offer its customers better security than the alternatives. 

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