Chinese state media has branded Apple's iPhone a threat to national security due to its ability to track and time-stamp user locations.
A CCTV broadcaster criticized the iPhone's "Frequent Locations" function, which allows users to be tracked and revealing information about them, according to Reuters.
"This is extremely sensitive data," said an unidentified researcher interviewed by the broadcaster said, according to Reuters.
The researcher feels that if data was accessed, it could reveal an entire country's economic situation and "even state secrets."
Apple has been criticized a lot by Chinese state media, which accused the iPhone-maker of providing user data to U.S. intelligence agencies in the past and have called for strict "punishment."
The state media has also criticized Apple for having poor customer service.
Apple has not commented on the news yet.
The California-based company isn't the only one to be criticized by Chinese media however.
Google's services were disrupted again this week less than 24 hours after a month long block had ended. Central government procurements offices have banned new government computers from using Microsoft's Windows 8 OS as well, according to Reuters.
Other companies experiencing backlash from China includes IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems in what analysts and companies have termed as the "Snowden Effect" after U.S. spying revelations released last year by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
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