@TaoRay: I feel the chances of Chinese people being able to use the newly released foreign version of Apple Intelligence are getting lower. Apple has been upgrading its 'Great Firewall' technology. In China, even with a foreign device, foreign Apple ID, and foreign phone number, you still can't use Apple News. The latest update completely revamped the geo-identification technology, even by identifying the country code of the Wi-Fi router you're connected to...
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Apple continuously upgrades its geo-identification technology to prevent Chinese users from accessing foreign versions of Apple Intelligence and Apple News, even strengthening the blockade by identifying the country code of the connected WiFi router.
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@sino_go_global: What's it like to have three regional Apple IDs on one iPhone? Since going global, I've been using more apps like Hong Kong banks and US stock brokers. With multiple accounts, updating apps downloaded from different regions requires repeated logins and verifications. Recently, I discovered an official Apple trick that's super simple and works great...
This article shares an official Apple trick for using three different regional Apple IDs on one iPhone: use the China mainland Apple ID to manage iCloud sync, while the US and Hong Kong IDs handle apps for their respective regions, making updates smoother.
@q1ngyang: Just discovered that the 'Limit IP Address Tracking' setting in iPhone's Cellular Network is the culprit that prevents mihomo configuration from using Apple Intelligence over cellular... It seems to take precedence over ClashMi, directing traffic for its own services and unencrypted DNS requests to servers operated by Apple...
It was discovered that the 'Limit IP Address Tracking' setting in iPhone's cellular network causes mihomo configuration to fail to use Apple Intelligence properly, because this setting has higher priority than the proxy tool, sending unencrypted DNS requests and other traffic directly to Apple servers, thereby exposing the Chinese IP and being denied service.
@tan_maty: 99% of people still don't know that a Chinese mainland iPhone can install third-party apps via Altstore. Key: location + corresponding country IP + corresponding country ID. Taking Japan as an example: 1. Set location to Japan. 2. Log in to App Store with a Japanese Apple ID (no need for iCloud). 3. Use a Japanese IP. 4. …
A method for Chinese mainland iPhones to install Altstore and use third-party apps by adjusting location, regional IP, and Apple ID.
@realNyarime: It is not recommended to play with this in China. If you profit from it, you risk prison time, as it may violate the Counter-Espionage Law and the Data Security Law. I know two stubborn friends who connected their Raspberry Pi to an ADS-B receiver and transmitted data to FlightAware over their home broadband public IP. Within two months, they were summoned by the National Security Agency for "tea." The reason is that China Telecom has deployed DPI on home broadband...
Reminder: Using a Raspberry Pi connected to an ADS-B receiver in China and transmitting data to overseas platforms may violate the Counter-Espionage Law and the Data Security Law. There have already been cases where individuals were summoned by the National Security Agency for investigation.
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