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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @12:16PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16 2018, @12:16PM (#667593)

    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.

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    My rights don't end where your fear begins.