A handful of Chinese ministries have told employees to stop using Apple’s iPhones at work, citing national security risks amid heightened geopolitical tensions with the United States, according to several people familiar with the matter.

The orders were handed down in August to employees at ministries whose portfolios are focused on investment, trade and international affairs, according to five separate sources with knowledge of the situation.

The measures were understood to be aimed at eliminating perceived national security risks from using telecommunication devices made by a US company, sources said.

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    There are other projects which have already done this and open sourced their versions as well, so you can look at their security analysis and use their code for your own projects if you want.

    That’s the beauty of open source. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel.