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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: 4, Interesting) by frojack on Saturday April 14 2018, @11:46PM (5 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Saturday April 14 2018, @11:46PM (#667093) Journal

    Its a civil matter. The police have no business getting involved.

    Theft of 100 iphones, sure. Call the cops.

    Leaking of facts, or information? Civil matter. Fire them, then try to Prove an actual damage in court.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15 2018, @12:59AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15 2018, @12:59AM (#667106)

    Data just wants to be free, right?

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday April 15 2018, @02:26AM (2 children)

      by Gaaark (41) on Sunday April 15 2018, @02:26AM (#667128) Journal

      His brother, too.

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15 2018, @02:37PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15 2018, @02:37PM (#667275)

        "Why?"

        • (Score: 3, Informative) by Gaaark on Sunday April 15 2018, @10:50PM

          by Gaaark (41) on Sunday April 15 2018, @10:50PM (#667407) Journal

          It's a long forgotten story.

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  • (Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday April 15 2018, @01:38AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday April 15 2018, @01:38AM (#667114) Homepage

    Disagree.

    Not all of the leakers are arrested, just some of them. Leaking in corporate America is something you don't do, and if you do it, then you should not be stupid enough to be caught. This applies to America, though, Apple's factories are in China and Chinks have no morals -- especially with regard to stealing trade secrets and copying features.

    And who the fuck thinks Apple is somehow "moral" anyway? It's corporate fucking America. Every employee of every sane company anyfuckingwhere in America signs statements saying that they consent to any kind of monitoring when using any kind of company property or conducting official business. The onboarding paperwork employees sign give their employers wide latitude to legally restrict and monitor employee behavior while working and take appropriate action.

    This is just more liberal Silicon Valley "we can say and do whatever the fuck we want at work" biting itself in the ass. When you work for a big name like Apple, you are a whore. You are likely underpaid for what you do, unless you are a minority, then you are overpaid for making powerpoints and being the token "experience engineer." When you work for a big name, you are working for the sake of having worked for a big name. You repeat the indoctrinations word-for-word and are worked and abused like rented mules. You may even have to suck some dick. It's basically like working in the gay part of Hollywood.

    Now, leaking from a corporate/military/other governmental agency is moral when you report that your employer dumps millions of gallons of toxic shit into a river people depend on for drinking water, or plans to start WWIII with a false-flag. But leaking plans for an upcoming product is just plain fucking stupid.

    As for the threats about future employment, that is total bullshit. Assuming that you didn't make the news for what you did, there are many ways around that. Use bullshit references who are friendly to you. Bullshit a reason for leaving, corporations like Apple will out of fear of being sued not answer any questions except how long you were employed. If you weren't there for long then just omit the experience entirely and bullshit some side-jobs.