iCloud’s man-in-the-middle is from China — and might work for the gub’mint

Certain folks in China may be used to hearing someone breathing when they pick up their phones (party line?), but new reports suggest Apple’s iCloud service is susceptible to the same level of protection by Chinese authorities. It’s all true, according to China’s censorship watchdog group GreatFire.

Apple meanwhile, has posted instructions to help users determine if their iCloud service has been hacked by unnamed parties.

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