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Apple has a long history of trying to tightly control information about its products and culture. According to a new report, Apple recently sent a memo warning employees not to leak company information, saying 29 employees were caught last year, 12 of whom were arrested.
Naturally, the memo was leaked. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman got a copy of the sternly worded missive, which was posted to an internal Apple message board. It's unclear when it was posted.

"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. In 2017, Apple caught 29 leakers. 12 of those were arrested," said the memo published on Bloomberg.

TheCatt wrote: Facebook may be negligent, or worse; But Apple is Big Brother.

Troy wrote: Are they supposed to just allow company secrets to walk out the door?

TheCatt wrote:

Troy wrote: Are they supposed to just allow company secrets to walk out the door?

No, but conflating leaking of trade secrets with criminal activity is obscene.

Troy wrote:

TheCatt wrote:

Troy wrote: Are they supposed to just allow company secrets to walk out the door?

No, but conflating leaking of trade secrets with criminal activity is obscene.

You are very wrong about that. https://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-s ... ret-policy

"The memo conflates 'leaking' —which is likely a violation of Apple's corporate confidentiality agreement but not criminal — with serious criminal wrongdoing such as stealing trade secrets for a competitor, or hacking into Apple's proprietary computer systems," said Braunig. "Apple is obviously trying to minimize leaks from employees. That's a reasonable goal, but talking about the number of employees you've had arrested seems like an over-the-top scare tactic."

TheCatt wrote:

Troy wrote: Are they supposed to just allow company secrets to walk out the door?

No, but conflating leaking of trade secrets with criminal activity is obscene.

“These are my final words on advocacy. If you have the facts on your side, hammer the facts. If you have the law on your side, hammer the law. If you have neither the facts nor the law, hammer the table.”

GORDON wrote: If someone steals an early draft of my book and publishes before I do, I just lost a year of work and future income, unless I can prove it.

TheCatt wrote:

GORDON wrote: If someone steals an early draft of my book and publishes before I do, I just lost a year of work and future income, unless I can prove it.

Again, that's theft. These people are not stealing the designs of iPads and leaking them.

An employee who leaked the final version of an unreleased version of iOS, its mobile operating system, was found within days and fired. Multiple employees were caught sharing details about the iPhone X, iPad Pro and Airpods with a 9to5 Mac reporter, according to the memo.

TheCatt wrote: When did Troy become a Republican?

Troy wrote: post-op steroidal “men”

Cakedaddy wrote:

Troy wrote: post-op steroidal “men”

I don't even know what that means.

"We reject the excuse that getting the most out of technology means trading away your right to privacy," Cook said. "So we choose a different path, collecting as little of your data as possible, being thoughtful and respectful when it’s in our care because we know it belongs to you."

Leisher wrote: Tim Cook picks a side on gun control and takes shots at Google and Facebook over privacy.