lol, this is sad, apple really is becoming like 1984.... though steve jobs has been Big Brother for a while now.
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Apple Investigators Posed as Police in New Lost iPhone Prototype Search?
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Simple, the Apple guy called some of his old off duty Police friends to come along with him. Since they were off duty they would not file a report and they could still say that they were SF Police and not be lying.
Most police officers do private security work on the side.
Most police officers do private security work on the side.
An Apple employee charged with bringing it with them off campus and to use in real world situations. Just like last year.
Individuals acting on behalf of and in the role of the position at Apple are acting as Apple.
You know this how? As you said, Apple didn't find it. From the story, they had full access to his home, his car and his computer. I might as well say you stole it. Did you? They haven't searched your home yet, so it's actually more likely that you did.
Sorry, but anyone who thinks Apple will somehow be able to deflect this by claiming ignorance is very, very naive. I have a feeling the real story of what went down will be much less interesting than what we're hearing now. But if this is all true, then I think this is a black eye for Apple. A temporary black eye, but still bad.
"Alleged" criminal activity. And alleged on the basis of pretty thin evidence from a person who may be criminally culpable.
Have you ever worked for a company? Even if you're not on the company dime and you're convicted of a serious crime, it puts a black mark on your company's image.
And I would imagine - unless the "police officer" was acting on his own (not likely) - it was a directive of the corporate office. Which means Apple is most definitely responsible.
Go look up the story of Pamela Smart
Police : "So give us a description. What does this iPhone5 look like?"
"It has rounded corners."
Apple says that should be enough to distinguish it from any other phone.
No big deal. Apple is only trying to get it's property back and if they have to break a few laws, so be it. After all, the most important thing is that Apple get the iPhone back, nothing else matters, even falsely accusing someone and impersonating police officers. Apple does so much good and is so great, we should overlook this minor criminal infractions.
Who does that sound like?
Who does that sound like?
Okay, I'm looking forward to all the fan boys defending Apple's alleged criminal activity based on pretty thin evidence from a person who may be criminally culpable.
No, there are a whole BUNCH of them, most all of them felonies.
But this story? Too fishy. Too contrived.
If Apple does it, it's ok. No need to defend anything. Apple rules!! Bow before Steve. We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
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Am I the only one that thinks, if it is true, Apple did it on purpose just to pretend that they didn't, to get a buzz going just before they announce the new iPhone that this lost-on-purpose prototype is based on?
They have a bajillion dollars in the bank that they could spend on ads, but hey, media coverage = free advertising.
They have a bajillion dollars in the bank that they could spend on ads, but hey, media coverage = free advertising.
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Exactly. I cannot fathom anyone at apple would be dumb enough to pose as a cop.
This story is nothing but fishy. Far, far too many coincidences for this to be the whole story.
Popeye206 said:
It's one thing to look for your lost phone... it's entirely another to pose as a police officer. It does not take a genius bar to figure out that posing as an officer is a serious offense.
So again... either the Security people at Apple are a bunch of DA's (as in Dumb-A's) or this story has a lot of BS tied to it.
Exactly. I cannot fathom anyone at apple would be dumb enough to pose as a cop.
This story is nothing but fishy. Far, far too many coincidences for this to be the whole story.
So one of the following is true:
1) Calderón got Anthony Colon's profile information from LinkedIn when searching for an Apple security person, got his phone number and made up this whole story for publicity. This theory probably goes down the minute Calderón actually files a police report with SFPD -- can't see somebody risking that sort of lie, though folks are willing to lie to the press.
2) Anthony Colon is complete idiot and posed as a police officer thinking he was doing what his superiors would want him to do so he could be a hero and recover a lost prototype. This would mean that his "less than a year" status with Apple would never become "more than a year".
3) Some SFPD officers took a bribe to keep this investigation off the record and assisted Anthony Colon in searching Calderón's house. If such is the case, there will be penalties for Colon, the officers, and likely Apple.
If anybody actually impersonated a police officer, then I am all for maximum sentencing. That is just wrong. The biggest question here will be the "who knew about this" if in fact there was wrong-doing.
Of course if Calderón never files a report with SFPD, then we will never know.
1) Calderón got Anthony Colon's profile information from LinkedIn when searching for an Apple security person, got his phone number and made up this whole story for publicity. This theory probably goes down the minute Calderón actually files a police report with SFPD -- can't see somebody risking that sort of lie, though folks are willing to lie to the press.
2) Anthony Colon is complete idiot and posed as a police officer thinking he was doing what his superiors would want him to do so he could be a hero and recover a lost prototype. This would mean that his "less than a year" status with Apple would never become "more than a year".
3) Some SFPD officers took a bribe to keep this investigation off the record and assisted Anthony Colon in searching Calderón's house. If such is the case, there will be penalties for Colon, the officers, and likely Apple.
If anybody actually impersonated a police officer, then I am all for maximum sentencing. That is just wrong. The biggest question here will be the "who knew about this" if in fact there was wrong-doing.
Of course if Calderón never files a report with SFPD, then we will never know.