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Another Former Apple Employee Charged With Stealing Car Secrets for China
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"Everybody Wang Chung tonight!"
Um, say what? Can't blame spies for spying? Yes you can. As for Apple not hiring persons who swear allegiance to another country... exactly how is Apple suppose to know their hires are spies? Or where a person's internal allegiance lays? Because if asked, a spy is going to say, "yes, my allegiance is to another country and I am just here to take what I can steal, now where can I get my badge?"
So now you support profiling of individuals?
Maybe the anger over the negative impacts of responding to this espionage (that your average, non spy, Chinese current or potential employee will feel) should be placed at the Chinese government’s feet, for you know actually subverting a whole system and multiple industries, as opposed to those entities protecting themselves from said subversion.. Nope! You gotta keep turning a blind eye for fear of accusations
I would not be shocked to see AI become employed in the solution.
Back when I liaisoned with a security consultant to address security at my company, after diving into our security data to help build a case against an embezzler, I learned that there's a certain rhythm to the behavior of employees doing their job and a certain deviation from that rhythm even when they're just scoping situations out before actually doing anything. It's sort of like looking at an EKG reading and seeing where there's a spike indicating an abnormality.
I was isolating and analyzing data manually on very primitive DOS systems. Basically I was just looking at pages of numbers indicating when the employee was clocking in and out of the building and my weird brain was picking out patterns of correlation to when documents were tampered with and financial data was manipulated. I would then highlight the patterns I saw for everyone else.
I would imagine a security system using AI could sift through all kinds of data to alert an actual highly trained human being to investigate potential wrongdoing.
I have to say I was also investigated very thoroughly as well, as a precaution. So I know the importance of conducting investigations and implementing security in a way that doesn't make people feel like they're living under a microscope and with no way to defend themselves or account for just having a rough time. It's a balancing act for sure.
If Apple is developing a hydrogen fuel cell electric autonomous vehicle, wouldn't that be considered vaporware since it'd emit water vapor? 🤔
What guidance would you give Apple to help them "know better?"
List, say, five or six recommendations that would put Apple on the right track.
I’m not defending this jerk, and now have some new questions:
1) Why doesn’t Apple use (a) separate, more exclusive “annotations team(s)” for unannounced products? Why just one team for everything? Seems like a security oversight. 🤷♂️
2) How in the world is one even remotely able to have their house raided (by the DOJ, no less), and THEN go out and buy a plane ticket? 🤦♂️
There seems to have been a few missteps.
1) Why doesn’t Apple use (a) separate, more exclusive “annotations team(s)” for unannounced products? Why just one team for everything? Seems like a security oversight. 🤷♂️
2) How in the world is one even remotely able to have their house raided (by the DOJ, no less), and THEN go out and buy a plane ticket? 🤦♂️
There seems to have been a few missteps.
He go to Hong Kong. Far from Apple’s jurisdiction, and the Chinese will not extradite one of there own. He had already moved the car data. For obvious reasons, he couldn’t wait for Apple’s permission. Rest assured, your car secrets are safe.
And Google thought, THEIR jokes were bad.
🤪 if you know you know.
Don't use the identity of Chinese to cover your discrimination.
can this title and article be amended to list the company the data was stolen for. Just saying it’s for China is insigting.
If an American was to steal data from a company in China, say Huawei, and bring that to Google, the article would never say it was stolen for the US.
If an American was to steal data from a company in China, say Huawei, and bring that to Google, the article would never say it was stolen for the US.
"There is a warrant for Wang's arrest, and if extradited and convicted, he will face up to 60 years in prison."
Except for the fact that the U.S.and China do not have an extradition treaty. So Mr. Wang will never see the inside of an American jail and will undoubtedly be well rewarded by China for his exploits.
Except for the fact that the U.S.and China do not have an extradition treaty. So Mr. Wang will never see the inside of an American jail and will undoubtedly be well rewarded by China for his exploits.
It’s interesting how Apple fanboys will demand the judge throw the book at former Apple employees accused of stealing ideas from Apple, but when Apple is accused of stealing ideas from others, the same Apple fanboys automatically side with Apple and demand that the judge throw out the case.
I feel you. My wife is Chinese and I worry that these kinds of blatant theft by Chinese Companies and the Chinese government, and even the news of such events, whether true or not, will contribute to discrimination, not just in the workplace, but in the negative and even dangerous perception of people of Chinese or all Asian descent.
Why do north american tech companies keep hiring Chinese nationals? It is way too easy for Beijing to lean on them.
Never good to steal information. Hopefully they will be able to catch the culprit.