According to the filing, Lipnik has been fired from Apple “for failing to follow Apple’s policies designed to protect its confidential information, including development devices and unreleased software and features.” The filing also accuses Lipnik of failing to report “multiple prior breaches” to Apple.
When you sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), you’d best protect the secrets. Then again, the guy who left an iPhone 4 in a bar didn’t lose his job. Wonder what the differences are between them.
thedruid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Intent. One was an accident, the other is potentially criminal if I’m not wrong. I could be.
floo@retrolemmy.com 2 months 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.
acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
seems incongruous to me that the NDA is that strict but the prototypes are even allowed out in the wild at all.
koper@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Breaking an NDA (allegedly) is civil, not criminal
Cort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Unless it’s also a cfaa violation for exceeding access
SheeEttin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
It would be a civil matter, not criminal.
thedruid@lemmy.world 2 months 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
scytale@piefed.zip 2 months 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.