Apple might build a backdoor on the iPhone, Mac for China

The Chinese government is implementing new rules and regulations that will require technology companies to comply with stringent rules on the security grounds, if they want to do business in the Mainland. An article on iLounge stated that the New York Times reported the new rules laid out in a 22-page document, which is only the initial set of policies by the Chinese government.

The new set of rules by China is intended to strengthen the cybersecurity in the country and would include foreign manufacturers, who want to do business in the country, to open up the source codes of the operating systems and firmware to allow system audits. This would also opening up a backdoor into the hardware and / or software, which in turn would allow the Chinese government to gain complete access of the device. The auditing would open audit access to the data stored on or transmitted from electronic devices into the Chinese cyberspace.

This would also mean that Apple would also have to redesign their entire encryption system that they use on the iOS and OS X platform so that they can protect the user’s data as well as allow the Chinese government to decrypt the data when required. Apple recently agreed to open up the source codes to the iOS and OS X platforms for the same reason. China wants these regulations applied for foreign companies doing business in the country.

Implementing such rules and regulations for foreign technology companies entering into the country for business could be harsh. This could also mean that the government wants to bolster the Chinese tech industry, indirectly boosting, of forcing the Chinese companies into using only domestically produced products and services. The Chinese government has been routinely monitoring the cyberspace and controlling the traffic and services since decades.