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Re:Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to s... by shakil on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @07:17PM (#32405889)
Depends on who is doing the complaining, but yes there is precedent to arresting an employee for "theft of trade secrets" [1]

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Aleynikov

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Re:Former Twitter employee convicted of charges related to s... by cmeacham98 on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @09:07PM (#32406760)
Was this page written by his lawyer? It seems like he downloaded source code from his employer and gave it to some other company.

It seems like he largely got off on what is effectively a technicality, but I doubt anyone would seriously argue what he did _should_ be legal.

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