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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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @10:15PM (3 children)
I like the idea of reducing government regulation where it makes sense, but I also like
as a solution to our too-big-to-fail corporate problem. Take away person status of corporations and very possibly limit the size of businesses based on X employees and Y costs+profits or some combo that would make sense. For the good of society and the planet we need to focus much more heavily on local business, stop needlessly shipping crap across the world and keep local economies alive.
As usual a combo of both approaches seems like the best actual solution.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday April 15 2018, @02:43AM (2 children)
Who said anything about regulation? You regressives always think regulation is the answer to everything. All fascists do though, so that's understandable. If you want the government to be unable to act as a corporate police force, remove that specific power from them. The answer to bad laws is never more laws, it's removing the bad laws.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @12:16PM (1 child)
and yet none of the mighty assholes who argue about less regulation doesn't go to Somalia or Venezuela, or any other country where the government is pretty powerless.
no, it's way better to stay in the "greatest democracy" on Earth, behind the biggest government, and lecture on the internet, while hoping that maybe your government will pass another bill reducing taxes (for you, not for those freeloading bastards living on social security)
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 16 2018, @03:44PM
You do know minimal != zero, yes? It's like coding. Try to do as little as is possible while accomplishing your goals or you end up writing a monstrosity like the US tax code or Windows.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.