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In a Leaked Memo, Apple Warns Employees to Stop Leaking Information

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Post by ksec »

walrus01 wrote: post #160

I wonder how many ex-intelligence-agency counterintelligence people Apply employs. Probably at least a few. Question for those who've gone through CI training: Do Apple leaks all fit into one of the MICE categories? I don't think there is any new motivation. (Money, Ideology, Conscience, Ego) Would be very interested to see what programs they have developed to intentionally generate false but plausible information in…

They do, As it was published by Bloomberg in a previous article on leaks. Some ex-CIA, FBI etc works there.

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Post by ksec »

djrogers wrote: post #94
5_minutes wrote: post #51

What I find baffling is the difference in leaks pre and post Jobs era. Perhaps management should look at themselves also why people are leaking now and weren’t before.

Nothing baffling about it - things leaked a lot when Steve Jobs was around. We all knew about the iPad before it was announced, we all knew they were making a phone, etails would leak about new MacBook Pros, etc. etc. What we do see now that's different than it was 10 years ago are supply chain leaks. Apple has to have such a long ramp to manufacture it's first week worth of iPhones, that it's inevitable that some of…

I think there are difference. The leaks wasn't as detailed in SJ era, he will be pissed if things not go his way. Supply Chain were doing a lot more to cover up.

These days Tim takes a much more relax approach, comparatively speaking. You have employees that doesn't even know what you should or should not talk about. ( The Person responsible for NFC ).

Steve's era employees used to joke about Information leaking from the higher up management, which was true. Nowadays it seems to be going out everywhere.

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Post by nreilly »

all_blue_chucks wrote: post #191
bondolo wrote: post #92

Martin Minow liked to tell the story of the time he got a call from Steve Jobs right after Steve's return to Apple. Martin was working on Copeland which hadn't been cancelled yet. Steve called out the blue one afternoon and said "Hi Martin, this is Steve." Martin had worked with Steve in his early days at Apple before Steve's departure. "Hi Steve." "Look, we know you've been sending emails to Henry Norr who works at…

And forever after, iPhone refused to support S/MIME.

It is supported, and works well.

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Post by uuuyno »

nosequel wrote: post #137
rdlecler1 wrote: post #126

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I’d put Snowden in a different camp because he fell on the sword. Would Manning have leave if she thought she would be caught?

Wait what? Snowden never turned himself in. Snowden ran for the hills right into the arms of rival intelligence. Please don't confusing cowardly running with the act of committing suicide by sword to the stomach. Whether you agree with Snowden or not, he still committed a crime and broke a contract he signed and swore to. Manning at least spent her day in court. Yeah they are different, Snowden was a coward. If he tr…

I’m stunned someone with the intelligence to type and use a computer could hold this view.

You must be heavily influenced by things you’ve read/heard others say.

As a human being - just imagine what you might do... Perhaps you’ll begin to realise how palpably absurd your suggestion that someone must be a coward for not taking their beating is.

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Post by walshemj »

jlgaddis wrote: post #146
walshemj wrote: post #49

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Its Money one of the classic reasons to leak

Are media organizations like 9to5mac (mentioned in Apple's memo) paying Apple insiders for the information they provide? Personally, I wouldn't think that the leakers were getting paid. Even if they were, I imagine the amount that these particular online web sites are able to pay is very much -- especially when compared to the average Apple employee's salary. This makes me think that money isn't the primary motivatin…

But being cynical the journalist would want to give the source some money as it locks them in

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Post by Maxious »

newman8r wrote: post #188
bondolo wrote: post #129

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Spellcheck had indeed "corrected" the spelling of his last name from "Minow" to "Minnow". Now fixed.

sounds like he was a pretty cool guy to work with https://tidbits.com/2001/01/01/the-passing-of-martin-minow/

That even mentions the running club!

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Post by AmericanChopper »

joezydeco wrote: post #86
Waterluvian wrote: post #33

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Maybe I'm simple but I'm sometimes at tradeshows as an engineering authority. Its hard at times not to say too much, because it's just kind of natural. You have questions and I want to help. I want to share knowledge. I can absolutely appreciate why I can't tell people everything they want to know but it's not my natural state to decline to do so. An example from this week. Someone was asking about the usual question…

You'll learn more than you ever expected to know by hanging out at hotel bars during tradeshows. Another great source is the airplane ride to the show. I've heard of at least one tech columnist that would watch people working on laptop presentations on the flights and pick up all kinds of scoops.

As an ex-smoker, I’ve heard some highly sensitive stuff in publicly accessible smoking areas.

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Post by miragle »

wmgries wrote: post #150
jadedhacker wrote: post #119

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The Post is a movie about the Washington Post, which has a large undisclosed financial conflict of interest with the CIA. Jeff Bezos's AWS has a large CIA contract, and Bezos owns the Post. Getting a take about leakers in such a movie is not the best way to acquire a real picture of the world. The CIA only locks up brown people and tortures them in Thailand (star). It refers US leakers to the FBI which throws them in…

You understand that The Post is about the Pentagon Papers, and takes place in the 1970s, when Jeff Bezos was like 10 right?

You understand that while The Post takes place in the 1970s, it was written and filmed in the 2010s, right?

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Post by fastball »

cromwellian wrote: post #194
fastball wrote: post #192

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Which phone had actually usable/secure fingerprint auth before the iPhone?

The fingerprint sensor made by Authentec, was the centerpiece of a Motorola Moto X1 and slated to be in Google's Nexus 6 before Apple bought their supplier, effectively preventing the release. That's why those devices were released with a dimple where the fingerprint sensor was going to be, even though there was nothing in that spot where the finger rests. That is to say, TouchID capacitive fingerprint scanning was g…

I did say "usable" though, and the fingerprint sensors before the iPhone were not.

I would know, I had the same style fingerprint sensor that you see on the Atrix or the G500 on my laptop, and it was terrible.

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Post by tomtimtall »

yodon wrote: post #14
IBM wrote: post #2

Somewhat ironic that this memo got leaked but I think in this case it actually serves their purpose for it to be read by everyone (including potential employees). I think this part is key and is something I've always wondered about: >While it may seem flattering to be approached, it’s important to remember that you’re getting played. The success of these outsiders is measured by obtaining Apple’s secrets from you and…

>I’ve never understood what the employee gets out of it The intelligence services have done a great deal of research into the persona of the press leaker/Wikileaks leaker (as distinct from the more traditional espionage leaker). A common trait is for the press leaker to be either highly over-qualified for their job or believe themselves to be over-qualified for their job. The belief coming out of that research is a s…

It doesn’t seem to far fetched to speculate that money is involved.
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