"Wake up, sucker, this is Apple we're talking about!"
Posted on 04/13/2018 2:03:11 PM PDT by Red Badger
Apple has long been obsessed with secrecy, but a new memo seems to take it to the next level. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports on a memo recently sent to all Apple employees stating that 29 Apple people were caught leaking secrets about planned products last year, and 12 of them were arrested. The memo describes in stark terms the implications for employees who leak and get caught: “These people not only lose their jobs, they can face extreme difficulty finding employment elsewhere,” according to the memo, which quotes product marketing executive Greg Joswiak. The memo lays out examples of times when whole product announcements have been spoiled by leaks to the media. The main facts about the iPhone X and the Apple Watch 3 had been leaked to the media before the splashy launch event, leaving Apple executives to go through the motions of delivering big surprises from the stage. Apple says leaked information can depress sales of existing product models, and give competitors more time to respond to features coming in future models. “We want the chance to tell our customers why the product is great, and not have that done poorly by someone else,” Joswiak wrote in the memo.
Bloomberg’s Gurman is himself one of the main media beneficiaries of leaks from Apple employees. But that’s not where all the leaks come from. Many come from people at Apple’s suppliers who know the company’s plans–and some of them get paid to tell what they know.
Apple Ping!....................
I assume these Apple employees are now working for the FBI?
Apple has locked up more people than...
“Arrested”? You mean by the Apple Police??? Do they wear red uniforms?
Apple is tougher on leakers than the federal government. They actually identify and prosecute them.
But did they lack candor?
Phone cops - The next, next, next-generation.
Without historical data of prosecuted cases of criminal espionage/intellectual property theft in other companies say General Electric, Exxon-Mobil, ATT, IBM etc over the many decades, it’s hard to gang up on Apple. There is a lot of money in stealing corporate information.
They’re doing it wrong. Need to take a course from the FBI.
Candored Apples?...................
"Wake up, sucker, this is Apple we're talking about!"
BIG money...................
Opening up a can of Apple Police will be the last mistake you make...
Happens all the time in Silicon Valley.
90% of time they are from China or India.
We had a guy walk off with some top secret docs.
The FBI found them hidden in his wife’s underwear drawer.
To be really smart people they sure are stupid...........
Gee, Apple’s upset because some of their employees leaked the secret that Apple deliberately degrades the performance of their older products when they release a new product?
Screw Apple. I’ll NEVER buy any of their crap.
That’s what you get when you hire cheap foreigners.
Mac the Knife is very sad.
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