Can a communist country such as China for example read peoples messages?

Anything on your devices are being tracked, your location, photos, conversations and messages. Ever notice you talk about something then go on Facebook and see an ad for what you just talked about? They see thru your device cameras and listen to the mic, even when you’re not using them

Who cares, we’re all gonna die anyways

Well They have facial recognition cameras everywhere people go, I'm pretty sure They read a lot of people's messages !

I would be more worried if I lived in a free country, emails are not private at all

No they can't. That's why they don't allow Whatsapp, unless you bypass their security using some method like VPN. iMessage users are in very small numbers in China so they don't consider it as threat.

Would they have their own search engine or blocks for things that could keep the government out. Then what happens if they catch you. They treat you like a spy for trying to hide something?

They’re all up in your shit! They don’t care about an apps privacy features. Keep filling out funny questionnaires about what your porn name is..

If you ever agreed to anything on FB and messenger.. even if you delete the apps.. they’re are right thru your ph.. right now.

theres all kinds of malware and groups that can hack into that.. not just china

you would assume yes.

Absolutely. And the people are probably used to it. Chances are a condition of doing business in their country is Apple providing a way around the privacy protections.

Nothing is private