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Apple sues YouTuber who leaked iOS 26’s new “Liquid Glass” software redesign (arstechnica.com)
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According to the filing, Lipnik has been fired from Apple “for failing to follow Apple’s policies designed to protect its confidential information, including development devices and unreleased software and features.” The filing also accuses Lipnik of failing to report “multiple prior breaches” to Apple.

When you sign an NDA (non-disclosure agreement), you’d best protect the secrets. Then again, the guy who left an iPhone 4 in a bar didn’t lose his job. Wonder what the differences are between them.

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 37 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I remember when the iPhone 4 leak happened because of that phone prototype that got left behind. Everyone felt really bad for the guy, and it was widely believed that it was completely by accident.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

seems incongruous to me that the NDA is that strict but the prototypes are allowed out in the wild. I guess they need real world testing somehow.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 32 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Prototypes are not allowed out in the wild anymore. There was a massive shift in policy after the iPhone 4 incident.

[–] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It is about managing risk, you do need real world testing for many products, and it is impossible to do that without risking the public sees it (you could camouflage it like they do with cars) , but at the same time it probably isn't suitable to take an unreleased phone into a bar where the risk of losing it is higher than say a grocery store.

[–] tehmics@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

It was in a rounded, 3gs-like case