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Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Zhang resigned from Apple following a paternity leave and a trip to China, telling the iPhonemaker that he was going to work in the country for XPeng Motors. That reportedly triggered an investigation, since XPeng is also working on autonomous driving technology, which revealed that Zhang was caught on CCTV taking hardware from Apple’s labs and transferring files to his wife’s computer.

6 months is not long enough.

This is stealing trade secrets, then fleeing to a country that doesn’t give a shit about that.

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Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’ll agree with you when a corporation is jailed for life when an employee or consumer of their product dies. Until then, this is simple theft and should be financially punished.

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- KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  O.o Since when is grand theft just a financial punishment? You realize you can get years in jail for it, right?…
  
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  - Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    stealing * information* Nobody was harmed; nobody was deprived of life, limb, security, or physical property or currency. Knowledge was transferred without authorization, meaning that only the potential reduction of future profits for a corporation is at stake. It’s a breach of contract - about the least impactful thing that a human can do to non-human. This kind of crime should never result in prison, or it should be applied to every knowledge worker, ceo, or vc who remembers any part of any business they’ve every been involved with in the past.
    
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    KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Huh? No. Read the article, they literally stole hardware.
    
    That reportedly triggered an investigation […] which revealed that Zhang was caught on CCTV taking hardware from Apple’s labs and transferring files to his wife’s computer.
    
    Emphasis mine.
    
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isles@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Yes, we must protect capital.

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- InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  We should when it’s other capital that wants to steal it.
  
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- theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Will no one think of the shareholders???
  
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brlemworld@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
How long do you think Tim Cook should go to jail for stealing?

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uis@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I hate to say this, but there is no Stalin on you.

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Aatube@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I mean, there's also been five years of trials

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