Apple and Amazon Leave Users in China Exposed

Decision to drop VPNs means Chinese regime can better control and monitor the web activities of Apple and Amazon clients in China

A woman walks past an Apple store in Beijing on August 3, 2017. Apple has removed software allowing internet users to skirt China's "Great Firewall" from its app store in the country, the company confirmed, sparking criticism that it was bowing to Beijing's web censorship. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images