What??? Breaching a contract you sign is illegal, period. If you do, you face consequences as this guy is now.
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Apple Sues Former Employee for Leaking iPhone's Journal App and More
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Well, leaking information which may cause you to lose your job is already not a smart move. The fact that they used their work phone to do so? Actually expected considering the level of intelligence on display here.
Morally inconsequential. Context matters.
It's not illegal, that's why it's called breach of contract. The trial will be in civil court.
Don't breach a contract for something trivial; only breach a contract for something moral.
Breaching a contract like this is perfectly legal.
But you can still be held civilly liable in a court of law. Corporations do it all the time because they think the benefit they get from breaching the contract is greater than the penalty they will face. I'm not sure if this Stanford-educated guy calculated the costs and benefits here because it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me to throw away your career like that.
It’s illegal, like it or not, and the court will find him guilty…
Nonsense, it is illegal…
There is no finding of guilt in a civil trial. The court will either rule in favor of the plaintiff (Apple) or defendant (Aude), and ultimately find him liable or not liable.
You can believe that if you want to, but you are incorrect. We can be in breach of contract all we want to and never be arrested. We might get sued, but never put in jail.
“surprise and delight.” There aren’t enough roll eyes on the planet.
The guy was wrong for breaching his contractual obligations and deserves the mess he’s likely in, but how charming to see Apple remains in the saccharine, Dorian Gray-style love affair with itself.
The guy was wrong for breaching his contractual obligations and deserves the mess he’s likely in, but how charming to see Apple remains in the saccharine, Dorian Gray-style love affair with itself.
poor life choices. Gruber lost his main source.
They are all technically work phones if they are iPhones 😅🤣. He would have to get an Android. Apple was busting unions through iMessage, so the union workers switched to Signal and Android. Apple has not problem violating your privacy if you have something against them.
This is Apple. They will use glue.
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Hero. You win 10,000 internets.
Imagine the April fools Joke if Apple announced iPads next Monday. 😭😂🤔😎
To release company secrets to intentionally hurt upcoming products you take issue with... dang, that is insane.
In excess of $25,000. This is probably just to establish which court has jurisdiction (in other words, this is not a small claims suit).
As we all frequent a site literally dedicated to publishing exactly this kind of information. OK!
Not to excuse breaching confidentiality agreements, but I doubt leaking plans for a journaling app a couple months in advance caused $25,000 in damage.
I know nothing about this former employee but I get the sense that he is one of those bright young minds with poor judgment and an inflated sense of self-importance. Kind of like Sam B-F.
