China sensors blocking the users from searching certain kind of App Store apps have been thwarted by Apple, with the company having switched over to the hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) Internet communications protocol for App Store.

Though it is still unclear as to when Apple actually switched to HTTPS, TNW has reportedly come across a company document which indicates that the move was apparently put in place some time in October.

According to Chinese Internet censorship monitoring site Greatfire. org, before Apple switched to HTTP, the Chinese government sensors could effectively block the users from searching apps, like VPN software, which enable access outside of the `Great Firewall of China.'

That the HTTPS Internet communications protocol can keep the `Great Firewall of China' from causing any interruption to the users' connection to certain App Store apps is evident from the fact that tests carried out by Greatfire. org and The Next Web have shown that some apps which were blocked under the standard HTTP protocol are now available because HTTPS is being used to access the App Store.