Has MobileMe Been Blocked in Saudi Arabia? [MobileMe]

Jan 4th 2011
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There are reports around the net today that MobileMe-Apple’s paid-for membership to heaps of Mac/iOS4 services-has been blocked in Saudi Arabia . As you know , the Saudi Arabian government has had a hot temper inside the last year in terms of technology, specifically products ( like BlackBerry smartphones ) and services which can be too secure, and keep their data on foreign servers.

Various commenters on 9to5Mac have found that the block is pretty ad-hoc with MobileMe users, dependant on whether ” https” or ” http” is used within the URL.

Saudi Arabian MobileMe customers-any luck? [ 9to5Mac ]

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