“One part of the Chinese propaganda machine is taking issue with another’s latest attack on Apple. China Central Television started the back-and-forth last week, when it devoted 20 minutes of a July 11 news show to a segment highlighting the dangers of the iPhone’s location-based service software,” Bruce Einhorn reports for Businessweek. “The function can collect data and result in the loss of state secrets, according to CCTV’s report.”
“China Daily, the official English-language newspaper, today published a report saying, in effect, that’s nonsense,” Einhorn reports. “Still, Apple isn’t taking any chances. When confronted by the Chinese media, even with an accusation that makes little sense, the company has learned the best strategy is to be humble.”
“‘We appreciate CCTV’s effort to educate customers on a topic we think is very important,’ the company politely said in a statement that denied Apple ‘worked with any government from any country to create a backdoor in any of our products or services,'” Einhorn reports. “”
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