Same Company New Rules - Apple Will Now Allow China To Carry Security Audits Of Its Devices

When it comes to Mainland china, Apple has seen its fair share of controversy. Location tracking on the company's devices was deemed equally a national security concern by the Chinese last year, which farther led to a flurry of meetings between Tim Cook and Chinese officials. Well, it looks like the matter has finally come up to residual, with news surfacing today that Apple has agreed to Chinese audits of its devices.

Apple Allows The Chinese To Carry Out Security Inspections Of Its Devices

Looks like the Cupertino manufacturer values its market share and presence in Prc quite significantly indeed. For a company that's notorious for its unchanging ways, Apple's decision to allow Chinese audits of its devices comes as a slight surprise indeed. Company CEO, Tim Cook agreed to the inspections in a meeting with Chinese Information Function managing director Lu Wei, co-ordinate to Beijing News.

The Chinese Land Internet Information Function will be running security checks and other audits on Apple devices to be sold in Prc in the time to come in club to ensure said device volition not be used in the futurity by strange governments to spy on the Communist nation. In talks betwixt Melt and Wei, the former is reported to denied previous accusations and said ""Some time ago there were rumors that we provide backdoors and data to tertiary parties. We did not, and will not provide a back door."

Wei responded past denying any conclusions without proof and remarking, "Your products still demand to undergo checks by our network security officers. We need to draw conclusions, and so that consumers must be assured." Wei is also said to have pointed out that China is one of Apple's largest markets and is willing to open up to Apple and other giants on the premise that they open upward their devices for inspection.