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More accurate, less sensationalized title: "Apple requiring a select few employees to wear body cameras in order to protect hardware trade secrets".

pksebben 5y ago
That sounds more spinny than the original - phrases like "select few" and "hardware trade secrets" seem to add valuation to an otherwise fairly factual title. Note, when I read this, the current title was: "Apple making some employees wear body cams in response to leaks"
- askafriend 5y ago
  The original article title is: "Apple Making Employees Wear Police-Grade Body Cams in Response to Leaks" In reality: * It's a few groups who handle hardware, it's not like the entire engineering team is forced to walk around with body cameras or face execution. * "Police Grade" means nothing - it's an alarming phrased used for no reason. * "In response to leaks" while fine, makes light of the situation - in reality its concerning hardware designs of one of the most complex hardware operation in the world.
  - pksebben 5y ago
    totally fair. "Police Grade" in this context is ragebait, pure and simple.
    - dane-pgp 5y ago
      "Police Grade" should mean that it's designed to withstand situations where the wearer is interacting with physically abusive and/or vomiting people, but if that's part of Apple's design requirements then perhaps there are bigger problems than just the cameras.
      - xnyan 5y ago
        I've evaluated Axon body cameras for compliance to various standards and and the police grade is less vomit resistance (they are in fact durable cameras, but there are many consumer brands that offer similar durability) and more provable digital chain of custody for when you are going to use the resulting video in court. Also, very simple start/stop operation and extremely clear indication that it's on/off.
spoonjim 5y ago
This is absolutely as weird as the original title. These are CIA style measures.
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- askafriend 5y ago
  Do you think Coca Cola protects their formula with anything less? We're talking about Apple - a 2 trillion dollar operation that operates in hundreds of countries.
  - spockz 5y ago
    While we are on this. How does Coca Cola protect their recipe? The products is “brewed” all over the world in many facilities. How do you keep that a secret when there are machines to configure and all this ingredient deliveries?
    - jaywalk 5y ago
      Compartmentalization. Company A produces mix containing ingredients 1, 3 and 5. Company B produces mix containing ingredients 2, 4 and 6. Only a handful of people at Coca-Cola even know the details of what companies A and B produce, and everyone below just knows "we combine the two mixes we receive"
      - vel0city 5y ago
        Also, good lawyers + good contracts. Its way more profitable for those companies to be quiet about what their mix is than risk the wrath of a $233B beverage company.
  - ipaddr 5y ago
    The formula keeps changing over time. Pre 1906 it had cocaine in it. Here is the recipe. Extract of coca leaves, caffeine, plenty of sugar (it specifies 30 unidentified units thought to be pounds), lime juice, vanilla and caramel make a syrup. Into that syrup, the all-important 7x flavourings are added: alcohol and six oils – orange, lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon Knowing this won't help you beat coke. It might have 100 years ago but how coke tastes isn't as important as the leases they hold in key retail spaces.

pksebben 5y ago

That sounds more spinny than the original - phrases like "select few" and "hardware trade secrets" seem to add valuation to an otherwise fairly factual title. Note, when I read this, the current title was: "Apple making some employees wear body cams in response to leaks"

askafriend 5y ago
The original article title is: "Apple Making Employees Wear Police-Grade Body Cams in Response to Leaks" In reality: * It's a few groups who handle hardware, it's not like the entire engineering team is forced to walk around with body cameras or face execution. * "Police Grade" means nothing - it's an alarming phrased used for no reason. * "In response to leaks" while fine, makes light of the situation - in reality its concerning hardware designs of one of the most complex hardware operation in the world.
- pksebben 5y ago
  totally fair. "Police Grade" in this context is ragebait, pure and simple.
  - dane-pgp 5y ago
    "Police Grade" should mean that it's designed to withstand situations where the wearer is interacting with physically abusive and/or vomiting people, but if that's part of Apple's design requirements then perhaps there are bigger problems than just the cameras.
    - xnyan 5y ago
      I've evaluated Axon body cameras for compliance to various standards and and the police grade is less vomit resistance (they are in fact durable cameras, but there are many consumer brands that offer similar durability) and more provable digital chain of custody for when you are going to use the resulting video in court. Also, very simple start/stop operation and extremely clear indication that it's on/off.

spoonjim 5y ago

This is absolutely as weird as the original title. These are CIA style measures.

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askafriend 5y ago
Do you think Coca Cola protects their formula with anything less? We're talking about Apple - a 2 trillion dollar operation that operates in hundreds of countries.
- spockz 5y ago
  While we are on this. How does Coca Cola protect their recipe? The products is “brewed” all over the world in many facilities. How do you keep that a secret when there are machines to configure and all this ingredient deliveries?
  - jaywalk 5y ago
    Compartmentalization. Company A produces mix containing ingredients 1, 3 and 5. Company B produces mix containing ingredients 2, 4 and 6. Only a handful of people at Coca-Cola even know the details of what companies A and B produce, and everyone below just knows "we combine the two mixes we receive"
    - vel0city 5y ago
      Also, good lawyers + good contracts. Its way more profitable for those companies to be quiet about what their mix is than risk the wrath of a $233B beverage company.
- ipaddr 5y ago
  The formula keeps changing over time. Pre 1906 it had cocaine in it. Here is the recipe. Extract of coca leaves, caffeine, plenty of sugar (it specifies 30 unidentified units thought to be pounds), lime juice, vanilla and caramel make a syrup. Into that syrup, the all-important 7x flavourings are added: alcohol and six oils – orange, lemon, nutmeg, coriander, neroli and cinnamon Knowing this won't help you beat coke. It might have 100 years ago but how coke tastes isn't as important as the leases they hold in key retail spaces.