Posted on 10/30/2017 1:12:30 AM PDT by dennisw
Tearful blogger who leaked footage of her Apple engineer dad's iPhone X on YouTube says he's been FIRED and begs people not to harass him
Brooke Amelia Peterson claims to have used the iPhone X when visiting her dad In the now deleted video she shows all the main features of the new release Ms Peterson activates the Control Centre and swipes through the Home Screen
The $999 (£999 in the UK) iPhone X features an edge-to-edge display The new phone, which is released on November 3, has a 'super retina display'
Apple has reportedly fired one of its engineers after his daughter leaked details about the upcoming iPhone X on her YouTube channel. On Wednesday Brooke Amelia Peterson posted footage of the 10th anniversary iPhone, which she claimed to have picked up when visiting her dad at Apple's California HQ. But in a new video posted on Saturday, Peterson said that her 'honest, wonderful' dad had lost his job as a result of her video, and begged users not to target him. 'You know what guys? Hate on me all you want, but please don't hate on my father, because he's the best person,' she said, welling up.
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NDA’s and No Competes likely have him tied in knots.
Most of those non-competes have no chance of standing up in court, especially if the person gets fired. Now his lack of understanding confidentiality could really hurt him.
Subcontractor or consultant to a subcontractor ..... many loopholes to evade the best of NDA’s .......
Seems Apple’s engineering OPSEC has multiple worms at its corporate core......
I hope you meant that to be funny, because I'm smiling at that post!
always liking your retro pics!!
A big LOL, and a side order of facepalm!
thx...
Tough call. Apparently, he was in hot water just for letting her daughter take video in the campus cafeteria! Probably there are iron-clad rules in place and other engineers would be watching to see how Apple lowered the boom. Apple’s safest move was to do what they did to keep their secrets and their engineers on their toes.
But I would have reviewed the footage, weighed the risk of spilled secrets against the gain of positive PR, and dealt an administrative punishment and fine. I’m sure I’d make a poor tech manager.
Rush discussed it today, It wasn't so much her father lost his job because of her posting a video of the new Apple 10 but rather all the hate she received from the innocent video of her shopping with her mother..........totally vile comments.
Steve Wozniak is already on record as saying he's skipping the early release of the X. He says the iPhone in his pocket does just about everything the X will do and equally well. So he's waiting. If one of Apple's pioneers can say that, just how much super secret Inspector Gadgetry can be in the X?
The story totally ignores the hate comments she received on her youtube video of her shopping with her mother.......that;s the REAL story.
She is a self-centered, spoiled brat who thought of nothing and no-one but her own “scoop” and status by getting this entry in her “blog”. I have no sympathy.
And her dad who let her do this all - it’s the price you pay when you violate Apple’s policy - it is nothing new (and he’s not the first to get fired for allowing info out).
Very doubtful. Apple has a ZERO tolerance policy for such things.
Poor little snowflake, thinking that her life only exists if it’s blasted all over every “Social Media” outlet. Too bad she probably won’t learn her lesson from this incident...
I guess Apple doesn’t like anyone giving reviews except for their loyal, faithful “independent” reviewers who always gush on about how Apple’s stuff is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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