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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsApple warns employees to stop leaking information, leaked memo says
Apple warned employees to stop leaking internal information on future plans and raised the specter of potential legal action and criminal charges, one of the most-aggressive moves by the world's largest technology company to control information about its activities.
The Cupertino, California-based company said in a lengthy memo posted to its internal blog that it "caught 29 leakers," last year and noted that 12 of those were arrested. "These people not only lose their jobs, they can face extreme difficulty finding employment elsewhere," Apple added. The company declined to comment on Friday.
Apple outlined situations in which information was leaked to the media, including a meeting earlier this year where Apple's software engineering head Craig Federighi told employees that some planned iPhone software features would be delayed. Apple also cited a yet-to-be-released software package that revealed details about the unreleased iPhone X and new Apple Watch.
Leaked information about a new product can negatively impact sales of current models, give rivals more time to begin on a competitive response, and lead to fewer sales when the new product launches, according to the memo. "We want the chance to tell our customers why the product is great, and not have that done poorly by someone else," Greg Joswiak, an Apple product marketing executive, said in the memo.
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Igel
(35,309 posts)They've been trained for a while to raise their hands and say, "Ooh! ooh! Me! Call on me!"
When that gets out, they have Instagram, for that instant ego-rush of being the first to tell something. Because if you can't actually do anything, the next best thing is reporting it. First. That's the way to being ImportAnt. With a capital "I". And "A", to boot.
It's why some people become near psychopaths, even in really stressful situations making a point of recording others so they can post the real, true emotion (that they personally don't feel) and claim credit. If you're not famous and get the credit, even if it's not for something you did yourself, you're nobody. Fame is all.
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(297,240 posts)DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)Not The Onion.
I find more and more occasions for saying that online.