Apple Offers Apps With Ties to Chinese Military. (www.techtransparencyproject.org)
from Tea@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 01 Apr 14:08
https://programming.dev/post/27881789

Millions of Americans are inadvertently sending their internet traffic to Chinese companies—including several tied to the People’s Liberation Army.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 01 Apr 14:48 next collapse

Several of the apps traced back to Qihoo 360, a firm declared by the Defense Department to be a “Chinese Military Company." Qihoo did not respond to questions about its app-related holdings.

I have to wonder if this headline would be received the same way if it was “US State Department Accuses Chinese Internet Security Company of Conspiring With Chinese Government”, as all this seems to go back to a claim by Trump’s 2020 department that Qihoo leaked info to the Hong Kong police during the protests five years ago.

Still… Qihoo 360 appears to have been an active investor and developer in Silicon Valley since 2014. Chinese investment in the US isn’t new or even undesireable, as of a decade ago.

But consider how the US has also recently attempted to seize the US branch of TikTok and block domestic sale of Huawei phones. Add in the domestic freak out over Chinese AI companies outperforming their US peers. This could easily be American tech companies trying to freeze out their competition on national security grounds rather than Chinese tech companies posing a military threat to US domestic interests.

harryprayiv@infosec.pub on 01 Apr 15:03 next collapse

Headline should read, “Apple Offers Apps With Ties to Nearly Every Major Military On Earth”

acosmichippo@lemmy.world on 01 Apr 15:21 collapse

technology crowd: “damn apple and their closed ecosystem!”

technology crowd: “damn apple and their ecosystem not being closed enough!”

TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub on 01 Apr 16:11 next collapse

TBH Apple is closed mainly because it makes them boatloads of money, not because of security. It could still be open and responsible.

Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works on 01 Apr 21:49 collapse

Are there any? It seems like it costs buttloads of money just to clear regulatory capture hurtles.

harryprayiv@infosec.pub on 01 Apr 16:18 collapse

Authoritarian sheep: “Apple must provide backdoors into their software.”

Authoritarian sheep a week later: “Apple is providing backdoors into their software to any nation that asks politely! 😭”

“Let the free market rule. Let’s consider corporations super citizens that have limitless influence on governments.” ::newly ominpotent corporation does something that doesn’t benefit them::. “No not like THAT!”

drperil@lemm.ee on 01 Apr 16:15 next collapse

1 in 5 of the 100 top apps…

Doesn’t provide a list.

Thanks…

iopq@lemmy.world on 01 Apr 19:16 collapse

Let’s not get it twisted, any Chinese company is tightly controlled by the government.

Subdivide6857@midwest.social on 02 Apr 10:55 collapse

That is the goal in a socialist government. Do you prefer the US alternative of corporations running the government?

iopq@lemmy.world on 02 Apr 11:29 collapse

No, that’s communism, brother

A socialist government only needs to provide a safety net. The censorship and government control is straight up Soviet shit

Goun@lemmy.ml on 02 Apr 12:32 next collapse

No, that’s socialism

iopq@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 14:44 collapse

Socialism means censuring criticism of the government? Since when?

Goun@lemmy.ml on 03 Apr 20:27 next collapse

Change socialism to communism and ask the same question

Subdivide6857@midwest.social on 04 Apr 01:32 collapse

Check out “Socialism… Seriously” by Danny Katch. It’s a fun, easy read that debunks a lot of the garbage we’ve been forced-fed.

Subdivide6857@midwest.social on 02 Apr 17:36 collapse

Communism is socialism. It’s the goal. A classless society.