Apple Factory Thefts: Secret Tunnels, Hidden Crawl Spaces

Re:Apple Factory Thefts: Secret Tunnels, Hidden Crawl Spaces by rustguy on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @09:16PM (#20511607)

Somehow I think if the poster conspired to steal your own cell phone, you'd feel differently. What about a shoplifter at Target? You're implying that companies prosecuting theft are somehow morally inferior to RIM.

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Re:Apple Factory Thefts: Secret Tunnels, Hidden Crawl Spaces by ergothus on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:53AM (#20516480)

> Somehow I think if the poster conspired to steal your own cell phone, you'd feel differently

I'm not sure I would, depending on what you mean.

Would I be more upset about someone conspiring to harm an individual as opposed to taking investigative actions that MIGHT harm a company by spreading information? Yes.

Would I feel that someone stopping their conspiracy to steal my phone when I caught them and called them out wasn't enough? Probably not. There was bad, it was stopped, that's still a good ending.

Would I be nervous that whoever was so conspiring wouldn't just stop when asked? Yes, admittedly. But that doesn't mean that harsher punishments actually fix that.

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Re:Apple Factory Thefts: Secret Tunnels, Hidden Crawl Spaces by pixelbash on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @11:25PM (#20512176)

Bit of a straw man isn't that? Your one single cell phone is a bit different from one of hundreds of prototypes not owned by anyone in particular or even intended for sale.

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Re:Apple Factory Thefts: Secret Tunnels, Hidden Crawl Spaces by de_watcher on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:16AM (#20513189)

I would be mad at someone stealing prototypes I use for development.

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