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Apple Capitulates, Removes Unlicensed VPN Apps From China App Store

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 31 2017, @08:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the sideloading-anyone? dept.

takyon writes:

Apple has removed major VPN apps from its mainland China app store:

China appears to have received help on Saturday from an unlikely source in its fight against tools that help users evade its Great Firewall of internet censorship: Apple. Software made by foreign companies to help users skirt the country's system of internet filters has vanished from Apple's app store on the mainland.

One company, ExpressVPN, posted a letter it had received from Apple saying that its app had been taken down "because it includes content that is illegal in China." Another tweeted from its official account that its app had been removed.

[...] In a statement, Apple noted that the Chinese government announced this year that all developers offering VPNs needed to obtain a government license. "We have been required to remove some VPN apps in China that do not meet the new regulations," the company said. "These apps remain available in all other markets where they do business."

Also at TechCrunch, CNET, Newsweek, and TorrentFreak.

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  • (Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Monday July 31 2017, @11:30AM (3 children)

    by fraxinus-tree (5590) on Monday July 31 2017, @11:30AM (#547095)

    Russia is generally a China appendix nowadays.

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday August 01 2017, @01:34PM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday August 01 2017, @01:34PM (#547632) Journal

    Reminds me of the movie 'Arrival': Russia and 3 other countries do whatever China does.

    Enjoyed that movie.

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    • (Score: 2) by fraxinus-tree on Tuesday August 01 2017, @02:41PM (1 child)

      by fraxinus-tree (5590) on Tuesday August 01 2017, @02:41PM (#547659)

      Didn't see the movie, but the plot is in the news, right now.

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday August 01 2017, @05:49PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday August 01 2017, @05:49PM (#547713) Journal

        I know: Trump is the alien they are trying to communicate with, lol.

        Should watch it: very interesting, even the strange 'time travel' bit.

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