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I am interested in what criminal activity warrants an arrest for leaking company information. Seems like it would be a civil issue?
by cabaalis 9y ago
I am interested in what criminal activity warrants an arrest for leaking company information. Seems like it would be a civil issue?
- guelo 9y agoCupertino is a company town, their police department does what Apple tells them to.
- tzakrajs 9y agoCupertino doesn't have its own police or fire department. Get real.
- 24gttghh 9y agoHowever, they have a division of the county Sheriff's department. http://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-safety/sheriff-s-office http://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/public-safety/... I can't comment on their loyalties though...
- Skunkleton 9y agoThey are probably just a normal set of people that show up and do their job in a non-conspiratorial sort of way.
- saagarjha 9y ago> Cupertino is a company town Apple might be the largest employer in Cupertino, but that doesn't mean that they own the city…
- mwfunk 9y agoI'm going to go out on a limb here and hypothesize that the local police force doesn't investigate many felonies, regardless of who reports them. Just a theory. :)
- lsllc 9y agoIf you remember the iPhone 4 prototype left in a bar, stolen then leaked to Gizmodo case from a few years back, I believe Apple hired an off-duty SFPD detective to "accompany" company security officials when they went to go talk to the guy who had it. https://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone https://gizmodo.com/5520438/how-apple-lost-the-next-iphone Many wealthy people & companies hire off duty cops or "retired" federal agents as security.
- UseStrict 9y agoThe Computer Fraud and Abuse Act casts a pretty wide net, stealing credentials, abusing shared access, etc.
- paxys 9y agoAlso IP laws, industrial espionage laws.
- djrogers 9y ago18 U.S. Code § 1832 - Theft of trade secrets Carries a fine or up to 10 years in jail, and yes - that US Code part means it's a federal offense.