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posted by chromas on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the proportionality dept.

El Reg reports:

Apple has gone full swivel-eyed, control-freak crazy on its own employees with a demented internal memo decrying information leaks.

"In 2017, Apple caught 29 leakers. 12 of those were arrested", says the terror missive from Cupertino, ironically leaked to Bloomberg. "Among those were Apple employees, contractors and some partners in Apple's supply chain."

It then threatens long-lasting harm to anyone stupid enough to let anyone know anything about its products before, you know, it launches them and tries to sell as many as humanely possible.

"These people not only lose their jobs, they can face extreme difficulty finding employment elsewhere", the letter rants.

[...] "Leakers do not simply lose their jobs at Apple. In some cases, they face jail time and massive fines for network intrusion and theft of trade secrets both classified as federal crimes."

What a lovely company.

Unless you're the FCC.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by looorg on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:38PM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:38PM (#667036)

    Perhaps they should just get a giant screen in their new fancy space age office and they can run that advert they ran for the Superbowl in 1984. It was clearly Orwellian enough and they where apparently supposed to be the hero ... The irony is so delicious.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtvjbmoDx-I [youtube.com]
    http://www.mac-history.net/apple-history-tv/ads/2011-07-12/1984-the-famous-super-bowl-spot [mac-history.net]

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:49PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:49PM (#667042)

    It's NDA violation, it's breach of contract and it can effect the companies bottom line. I presume that is the argument they use to make it a criminal issue - IMHO a step too far.

    There are many employment situations where you are not allowed to talk about events publicly. If you sign an NDA, you abide by its terms. Just as you would expect client confidentiality from medical personnel, accountants or lawyers. I really don't see a problem with Apple seeking punitive civil remedies against leakers.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by archfeld on Saturday April 14 2018, @11:39PM

      by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Saturday April 14 2018, @11:39PM (#667091) Journal

      I agree. The problem I do find is that the so-called civil dispute involves federal law enforcement arresting the 'alleged' offender for what is clearly a civil contractual issue. Reminds me of the early days of railroad expansion and the Pinker-thugs, or the union busting agents employed by 19th century factory owners.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_busting [wikipedia.org]

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