Apple moves icloud servers to china

It has finally been made official. It was something that had been discussed for a while and today it has finally been revealed. Starting today, February 28, Apple's iCloud cloud data for Chinese users will have a new hosting. They will no longer be on Google's servers, but will be in China. Specifically in a company called Cloud Big Data in the city of Guizhou. A news that has raised quite controversial.

Apple moves iCloud servers to China

This change is not that it was a decision of the American company. Rather, they are bound by the law of the Asian country. Since in China cloud services for users in the country itself must be operated by local companies or with servers / headquarters in the country.

ICloud servers arrive in China

This decision has not finished sitting too well in some sectors. Since the Chinese government is going to have access to this data from now on. Because companies in the country are required by law to give them access to their data. So at any time, users in China using iCloud could see their privacy violated.

Furthermore, it has been confirmed that Apple will also store encryption keys for user data in China. And the same thing happens again. So if the government wants such information, the American company cannot refuse. The consequences could be the end of the company's services in the country. Until now, the government of the Asian country had to carry out a complex legal process to access the data. But from now on it will be very simple.

This change affects only iCloud users in China. So all those in other parts of the world should be calm. Although knowing that the government of the Asian country could access these data is not something that is too quiet.

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