@lmika good points. Didn’t hear about this until now. The Apple as the underdog bubble will pop soon enough for the general public.
@jtr I get the feeling most people in the public feel this way too. I think it’s mainly Apple who is out of touch.
@lmika I dunno .. the case doesn’t seem to be about leaking so much as to how they say he got the information
@jtr the verge …
According to the lawsuit, Apple claims that Prosser offered Ramacciotti “money or a future job opportunity” in exchange for access to a company phone belonging to his friend Ethan Lipnik, an Apple software engineer working on iOS. Ramacciotti allegedly learnt Lipnik’s iPhone passcode, used “location-tracking” to determine when he’d be away from home for an extended period, and then accessed the iPhone running a development version of the mobile OS. Apple says that Ramacciotti showed the software to Prosser over a video call, which Prosser recorded, shared with others, and used to create renders of the new designs.
Apple says it found out the details of what happened in April from an anonymous email from someone who claimed to have seen Prosser’s recording of the call and recognized Lipnik’s apartment. The company also claims to have a voice note sent by Ramacciotti to Lipnik, apologizing for the incident and claiming that the subterfuge was Prosser’s idea, which Lipnik in turn provided to Apple. Lipnik was fired by Apple for failing to properly follow its policies around securing unreleased software.
@JohnPhilpin Hmm, you may be right. I read more about this and it’s entirely possible that Jon is absolutely in the wrong. Still not a great look for Apple taking out a lawsuit, but if it’s justified, then I don’t know of a way they could do so without it looking bad.
@lmika well if what is being described is half true / I would definitely agree with Apple - this is akin to the phone hacking that newspapers Under Murdock in the Uk were doing years ago and multiple cases have emerged - though douches like Morgan’s seem to have escaped