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China Decides iPhones Pose a National Security Risk (www.pcmag.com)
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Employees at some Chinese ministries must stop using iPhones before the end of September.

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[–] 72 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Of course it is, for the Chinese. Listen, if it isn't a homegrown tech product, it's a threat to your national security, and even most of the homegrown ones are, regardless of what nation you're from or in. This is fact.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Agreed. Investing in local R&D and having at least enough production capacity to locally manufacture enough decent-quality devices for government use is essential for national security.

    But it is also very expensive. The US and China can probably afford it, and I suppose the EU as a bloc can. But for anyone else the cost would be prohibitive. India is a top-five economy, and yet we have only been able to develop 130nm (!) chips locally. (Taiwan makes 5nm chips and China is now reaching 7nm.)

    Perhaps a solution would be for many of the 'other' countries to band together. The blueprints could be open-sourced so all partners can trust each other. Whether something like this will work in today's political climate is of course another question.

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