Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
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Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#2A better title would mention this is an Ex-Tesla worker currently being sued by Tesla...
I'm not saying there is no story to be read, in fact I plan to look in depth a bit later, but the current title is somewhat misleading
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#3A better title would mention this is an Ex-Tesla worker currently being sued by Tesla... I'm not saying there is no story to be read, in fact I plan to look in depth a bit later, but the current title is somewhat misleading
More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others. This one is a bit better coverage of it:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/tesla-whistleblo...
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#4As a Monday morning quarterback of Tesla, I'm really curious to see how this turns out. On the one hand, I see whistle blowers as heroes and if they have information about dangerously using unsafe batteries, then that's great.
On the other hand, if the early allegations are true that the employee was altering code and logging in under usernames other than their own to do so, that sure doesn't feel like whistleblowing.
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#5The media reports on this story are quite conflicting... Not sure who to believe. Is this guy an innocent whistleblower who's being targeted by Tesla or someone with an agenda against Tesla trying to sabotage the company?
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#6A better title would mention this is an Ex-Tesla worker currently being sued by Tesla... I'm not saying there is no story to be read, in fact I plan to look in depth a bit later, but the current title is somewhat misleading
More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others. This one is a bit better coverage of it: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/tesla-whistleblo...
> More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others
That is a roundabout way of describing a whistleblower. He didn't give information to competitors, he gave it to journalists and the SEC.
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#7"a cult of Tesla"
Nope, not possible. I mean it would be ridiculous if a large number of people displayed unthinking loyalty to a money-making venture just because it projected an image that catered to their prejudices, wouldn't it?
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#8As a Monday morning quarterback of Tesla, I'm really curious to see how this turns out. On the one hand, I see whistle blowers as heroes and if they have information about dangerously using unsafe batteries, then that's great. On the other hand, if the early allegations are true that the employee was altering code and logging in under usernames other than their own to do so, that sure doesn't feel like whistleblowing…
Gathering evidence for whistleblowing will almost certainly require violating security policies.
Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others. This one is a bit better coverage of it: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/tesla-whistleblo...
> More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others That is a roundabout way of describing a whistleblower. He didn't give information to competitors, he gave it to journalists and the SEC.
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Re: Ex-Tesla worker escalates battle by blowing whistle to SEC
#10A better title would mention this is an Ex-Tesla worker currently being sued by Tesla... I'm not saying there is no story to be read, in fact I plan to look in depth a bit later, but the current title is somewhat misleading
More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others. This one is a bit better coverage of it: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/tesla-whistleblo...
IIRC, Tesla's civil complaint accuses Tripp of writing "hacking software" but doesn't mention any other effects of the software besides exfiltration of data to unspecified third parties:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/tesla-sues-emplo...
> Beyond the misconduct to which Tripp admitted, he also wrote computer code to periodically export Tesla’s data off its network and into the hands of third parties. His hacking software was operating on three separate computer systems of other individuals at Tesla so that the data would be exported even after he left the company and so that those individuals would be falsely implicated as guilty parties.