Apple Tells Leaker to Snitch on Sources or It Will Report Them to the Police

Posted by jbegley on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:39AM
from the vice.com dept.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dyv5bm/apple-tells-leaker-to-snitch-on-sources-or-it-will-report-them-to-the-police

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Re:Apple Tells Leaker to Snitch on Sources or It Will Report... by beniutek on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @10:59AM (#27984610)

Leakers or thiefs? The title is a clickbait

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Re:Apple Tells Leaker to Snitch on Sources or It Will Report... by ViViDboarder on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:58PM (#27987099)

They say stolen several times but seem to lean towards calling it “leaking”. That said, the letter from Apple seems to reference trade secrets rather than theft of property.

It should be both.

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Re:Apple Tells Leaker to Snitch on Sources or It Will Report... by axiosgunnar on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @01:13PM (#27986256)

If the iPhone prototypes were taken from the premises of the factories, it‘s theft and the Twitter user is selling stolen goods, I assume?

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Re:Apple Tells Leaker to Snitch on Sources or It Will Report... by woxko on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @11:03AM (#27984659)

Well, it's Vice.

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