Apple may have compromised everyone’s security for access to China

Great tech journalism as always. We have this article speculating. Their source is another article speculating. It&#x27;s source is a comment in a Chinese news paper that says Apple has agreed to China&#x27;s &#x27;security check&#x27; policy. Ok now we&#x27;ve got to the bottom of it what are these checks?<p>&quot;What would “security checks” entail? Apple hasn’t provided any information on the matter and did not respond to requests for comment.&quot;<p>So we have one piece of FUD based on another piece of FUD created based on a comment in a Chinese newspaper and the speculation of some &#x27;analysts&#x27;. Almost zero facts.

So, who wants to tell Pando that China also has access to Android&#x27;s source code too? And Windows, for that matter.<p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/China-to-view-Windows-code/2100-1007_3-990526.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.cnet.com&#x2F;China-to-view-Windows-code&#x2F;2100-1007_3-...</a><p><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/software/operating-systems/china-gets-a-peek-at-microsoft-source-code/d/d-id/1089702" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.informationweek.com&#x2F;software&#x2F;operating-systems&#x2F;ch...</a>?

Security through obscurity is no security at all.<p>While it isn&#x27;t wonderful if China has attained access to the source code of IOS, they have the source code of Linux. They have the source code of the BSDs. Those are still generally touted as much more secure than OS X or Windows.