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Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

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Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

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It would be amazing if this latest memo had different wordings per group of people. They search would be narrowed and they would have truly made an effort to track these leaks.

Next YC batch to include:

leak-AB-ly: AB test your emails to see who is leaking.

Secures 10m in funding, with a valuation of 10bn.

Can’t make this shit up.

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

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post #9

"We’ll continue to measure our contributions in the lives we change, the connections we foster, and the work we do to leave the world a better place." Maybe someone can leak the work they do to leave the world a better place because they have been real good at keeping that secret.

I think that is a reference to amateur photography.

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

#25
post #8

Secrets imply deception.

Does the same principle apply to us when we want privacy from Apple?

Yes, as for oppressive government around the world would consider deceptive the work of an activist, see united states' and WikiLeaks

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

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post #2

It would be amazing if this latest memo had different wordings per group of people. They search would be narrowed and they would have truly made an effort to track these leaks.

That is called a canary trap.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

#27

Secrets imply deception.

No they don't. This is a very dangerous mentality at the root of a lot of evil done throughout the world.

Do you believe the hunt for leakers within Apple should be secret?

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

#28
post #2

It would be amazing if this latest memo had different wordings per group of people. They search would be narrowed and they would have truly made an effort to track these leaks.

That is called a canary trap. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_trap

Regarding the related technique, a "barium meal test", there is an xkcd:

https://xkcd.com/525/

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

#29

Secrets imply deception.

No they don't. This is a very dangerous mentality at the root of a lot of evil done throughout the world.

If secrets don't imply deception, that that seems to me like saying knowledge is useless.

All truths or falsehoods are within some context and cannot be divorced from context.

What does this have to do with "danger" or "evil"?

Re: Tim Cook says employees who leak memos do not belong, according to leaked memo

#30
post #9

"We’ll continue to measure our contributions in the lives we change, the connections we foster, and the work we do to leave the world a better place." Maybe someone can leak the work they do to leave the world a better place because they have been real good at keeping that secret.

They make the world a better place by providing products and services for their customers.
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