道，指「HKmap.live即時地圖」被香港示威者用來追蹤警察行動，相關應用程式會危及執法。聲明提到，蘋果App Store已與香港網絡安全及科技罪案調查科核實，該應用程式已被用於瞄準（target）和伏擊（ambush）香港警察，威脅公共安全。蘋果認為，該APP應用違反了公司準則和香港法律，故從App Store中刪除。
「HKmap.live即時地圖」，可實時顯示警員及警車身處位置、何處施放了催淚彈等。此前，「HKmap.live即時地圖」曾遭蘋果以會鼓勵進行違法活動為由拒絕上架申請，開發者其後上訴，Apple最終批准。
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蘋果奶共紀錄
1. 拒絕 HKmap 及 BackupHK 上架，及後因有美國議員關注先肯上架
2. 承 1. ，人民日報發微博批評蘋果上架有意協助示威者逃避警方及刑責，及後蘋果下架 HKmap 及 BackupHK
3. 於中港澳地區 Apple Music 及 iTunes 拒絕《願榮光歸香港》上架
4. 於中港澳地區出售的手機刻意移除中華民國國旗
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Apple removes app that Hong Kong protesters used to track police movements following vandalism, attacks on officers
10 Oct, 2019
The maker of the iPhone has removed an app that allowed rioters in Hong Kong track where police are located after reports that it was used to ambush officers and vandalize communities where law enforcement was not present.
Following the suit of other companies taking sides in ongoing tensions in China's autonomous city, Apple allowed HKmap.live to appear in its app store. The 'noble' goal of helping rioters praised in the Western media has brought the opposite result.
"The app displays police locations and we have verified with the Hong Kong Cybersecurity and Technology Crime Bureau that the app has been used to target and ambush police, threaten public safety, and criminals have used it to victimize residents in areas where they know there is no law enforcement," the company said in a statement.
On Wednesday, the Chinese People's Daily published an op-ed titled “Is Apple guiding Hong Kong thugs?” It warned that the map app “facilitates illegal behavior" and that Apple is hurting its reputation among Chinese consumers by “mixing business with politics and commercial activity with illegal activities.”
Apple manufactures most of its products in China and the country is its second-largest market for Apple products.
Initially the company rejected the app – which displays not only police movements, but also whether tear gas has been used in particular areas, among other protester-specific features – but decided to reconsider the move after an appeal. The demonstrations that started over now-shelved extradition bill in March have turned into weekly riots with radical groups of protesters vandalizing properties, beating people for supporting Beijing and attacking police.
Both Vans, the American shoe company, and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have also become embroiled in Hong Kong’s unrest, with Vans incurring the ire of protesters after scrapping a shoe design favorable to the demonstrations. Some in the city are now calling for a boycott of the company. For its part, the NBA’s trouble began with a single tweet from Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey, who voiced support for the protesters. The post has since blown up into an outright conflict between the sports association and Beijing, which has stopped airing games on its largest state broadcaster.
Companies like Apple are no stranger to political controversy, especially in the Trump era, when seemingly every corporation must signal their virtue on a range of touchy issues, from LGBT and new, transgender-friendly pronouns, to any protests that might erupt somewhere on Earth. However, even with Beijing a half a world away from Cupertino, Apple may find that alienating a customer base 1.4 billion people strong is not helpful to its bottom line.
https://www.rt.com/news/470578-apple-cancels-app-track-police/【逃犯條例】人民日報：美國蘋果公司為暴徒護航 「居心何在？」
2019-10-09
《人民日報》周二（8日）在微博發表評論文章，指美國蘋果公司（Apple）把通報香港警方行蹤且方便違法活動的地圖應用程式「HKmap.live」堂而皇之上架，令香港的暴徒大搖大擺出來行兇及逃避追捕；文章形容地圖的開發者毫不避諱，要為暴徒「導航」，用心險惡；蘋果公司的批准不加掩飾，要為暴徒「護航」，居心何在？
評論以〈為暴徒「護航」，蘋果公司想清楚了嗎？〉為題，指香港正值嚴峻時期，市民苦騷亂久矣，而蘋果公司此時此刻卻不問黑白、不看情勢，置有目共睹的事實及真相於不顧，「在先前本已拒絕該地圖上架的情況下，卻又選擇在特殊時點批准這款應用上架香港的蘋果應用商店，為暴力亂港之徒『大開中門』，是有意要做『幫兇』嗎？」
文章稱，地圖程式只是其中一例，「在香港蘋果音樂商店裏，還上架了一首『港獨』歌曲。這樣一首包藏不軌之心的歌也是曾經下架，如今又『死而復生』，還是在同樣的時間節點上得到了蘋果公司的批准。一而再，再而三，蘋果公司的連串行動讓人莫名其妙，讓人不得不遐想其行事的內在邏輯。」
蘋果被指自己跳進風波中
文章認為，商業的歸商業，政治的歸政治，沒人想把蘋果公司扯到香港正在發生的風波中，但現在人們已有合理想像，蘋果公司自己要跳進來，要把商業和政治乃至商業活動和違法行為攪在一起，「這種不智、這樣魯莽，會給蘋果公司招致多大的風浪，蘋果公司需要深思。」
文章稱，外國的一些公司大概不明白中國人的情感和思維方式，歷史上飽受過欺凌的中國人從來沒有像今天這樣團結，在涉及大是大非問題上眼睛裡容不得沙子，讓「毒軟件」大行其道，便是對中國人情感的背叛；對香港事務的各種歪曲，都違背中國人民的民意。
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