Comment on Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign

thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I remember when the iPhone 4 leak happened because of that phone prototype that got left behind. Everyone felt really bad for the guy, and it was widely believed that it was completely by accident.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    seems incongruous to me that the NDA is that strict but the prototypes are even allowed out in the wild at all.

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    • floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Per height are not allowed out in the wild anymore. There was a massive shift in policy after the iPhone 4 incident.

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    • stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It is about managing risk, you do need real world testing for many products, and it is impossible to do that without risking the public sees it (you could camouflage it like they do with cars) , but at the same time it probably isn’t suitable to take an unreleased phone into a bar where the risk of losing it is higher than say a grocery store.

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      • tehmics@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It was in a rounded, 3gs-like case

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• koper@feddit.nl ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Breaking an NDA (allegedly) is civil, not criminal

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  • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Unless it’s also a cfaa violation for exceeding access

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    • thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I was thinking more this:

      The Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996 makes it a federal crime to steal trade secrets, with penalties including up to 10 years in prison and substantial fines

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• SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It would be a civil matter, not criminal.

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  • thedruid@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The Economic Espionage Act (EEA) of 1996 makes it a federal crime to steal trade secrets, with penalties including up to 10 years in prison and substantial fines

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• scytale@piefed.zip ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Based on the article, the youtuber and an accomplice who knew an Apple employee accessed the employee’s phone while it was unattended, so technically it wasn’t intentional and more negligence. On the other hand, Apple also claims the employee failed to report previous breaches, so maybe this was the final straw.

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