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Beijing has approved the new iPhone 6 for sale after regulators were reassured that the devices contain no backdoors allowing NSA snooping. The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will hit the shelves from 17 October, ending Chinese fanbois' wait to see if the larger iPhone 6 Plus will bend if exposed to the fiery heat of their …

  1. Frankee Llonnygog

    When you ask a question in the head or subhead....

    Aren't you supposed to answer it in the article?

    1. Ted Treen
      Holmes

      Re: When you ask a question in the head or subhead....

      Err, not if you're Jasper, and you're after an anti-Apple trollfest of schadenfreude.

      You let neither accuracy nor journalism rear their ugly little heads...

    2. Roj Blake Silver badge

      Re: When you ask a question in the head or subhead....

      If it's a yes or no question in a headline or subhead then the answer is always no.

      It's a tradition or ancient charter or something.

  2. Adrian 4
    Big Brother

    Deal

    So Apple have offered backdoor access to China as well, then ?

    1. Sanctimonious Prick
      Pint

      Re: Deal

      "So Apple have offered backdoor access to China as well, then ?"

      PMSL!!@Adrian 4

      Just when I was starting to think the article was suggesting that the iPhone 6 models were the most secure devices on the planet!

      Party Pooper!! :D

    2. Trigonoceps occipitalis

      Re: Deal

      Adrian, I thought I was cynical. I am but you beat me to it. Also I assumed that China had discovered the exploit, not been given it.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Back door?

    http://www.china-gay.net/

  4. Mark 85

    The Officials held their breath until they turned blue.

    They want to spy on their own citizens and don't want outsiders to do it. I'm suspecting the government tossed a hissy fit.

  5. sawatts
    Black Helicopters

    Made in China

    But isn't the iPhone made in China in the first place?

    Perhaps the real concern is that the NSA's backdoor will interfer with their backdoor...

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