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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: 2) by bzipitidoo on Sunday April 15 2018, @03:39AM

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Sunday April 15 2018, @03:39AM (#667151) Journal

    And by jailbreak, I don't mean unlocking a phone!

    Has Apple managed to get anyone imprisoned for leaking?

    If they have, could the people put lots of pressure on the government to free them? Write letters to our representatives, maybe march in front of the prison, picket Apple headquarters, dump Apple stock, also demand our pension funds dump Apple, get their tax breaks canceled ... can do lots more than just a boycott.

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