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Foxconn Factory Worker Detained Over iPhone 6 Shell Leaks
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Well as you said its your word you work in the mobile phone industry, but that could mean you sell phones from a shop.
It seems that opening chain in 1974 hand transferring tech too the has caused more problems for the west and the world. http://www.newsweek.com/new-treaty-allows-china-sue-canada-change-its-laws-270751
Seems security isn't very tight at Foxconn after all… Guy just puts the shell in his coat pocket and walks on out. (smh)
Whatever happened to "doubling-down"??
Whatever happened to "doubling-down"??
This is a very unfortunate situation. Not that I condone illegal activities, but this worker is likely poor and simply trying to provide for himself or his family. It is easy to look down on him for doing something illegal, but faced with similar circumstances there isn't anything I wouldn't do to ensure that my family were taken care of.
We also need to understand that as readers and commenters on sites like MacRumors, we are contributing to the thirst for part leaks and the shady practices that accompany them. Not to put the guilt trip on everyone, but we cannot read stories like this and shrug it off as if we are not part of the equation.
Does this guy deserve to rot away in a brutal Chinese prison for swiping a couple of iPhone shells? Absolutely not, but the world is a complicated place. I feel for anyone that was depending on him.
Admittedly, I don't have all of the answers about how to solve the problem. Apple does have a large role to play. I'm not sure if Charlie Rose discussed this with Cook on the second installment of their interview, but I'd really like to hear Tim's thoughts.
We also need to understand that as readers and commenters on sites like MacRumors, we are contributing to the thirst for part leaks and the shady practices that accompany them. Not to put the guilt trip on everyone, but we cannot read stories like this and shrug it off as if we are not part of the equation.
Does this guy deserve to rot away in a brutal Chinese prison for swiping a couple of iPhone shells? Absolutely not, but the world is a complicated place. I feel for anyone that was depending on him.
Admittedly, I don't have all of the answers about how to solve the problem. Apple does have a large role to play. I'm not sure if Charlie Rose discussed this with Cook on the second installment of their interview, but I'd really like to hear Tim's thoughts.
Its highly unlikely they would allow ANY worker to take a prototype outside of Apple. It would most likely be locked securely before and after working hours.
if you are white and living in California you wont be staying there for long anyway
The funny thing is, the real shell was snuck out of Foxconn in Julyyet we already knew what the design would be as early as the end of March, due to the leaked schematics.
Well, I do! This sucks. Where is Macrumors going to source its daily overload of iPhone news and rumours from now that our whistleblower's cover has been blown?
Justice for Qiao! Free the Shenzen One!
I hear North Korea is bad too.
There are a number of really bad countries where it's not too healthy to commit crimes.
Sadly, here in the U.S., with our zillions of lawyers, personal rights people, factory, corporate & other type of "business" crimes punishment is most times a mere slap on the wrists.
The higher up the food chain you sit, the less it is.
There are a number of really bad countries where it's not too healthy to commit crimes.
Sadly, here in the U.S., with our zillions of lawyers, personal rights people, factory, corporate & other type of "business" crimes punishment is most times a mere slap on the wrists.
The higher up the food chain you sit, the less it is.
Why would Apple have anything to do with it?
It's a human rights issue in China. It should open up people's minds to why we are buying products, from practically every manufacturer, that are made in China under slave-type labor. The people over there who are barely surviving are helping us to have better lives by making the products we buy, and we don't care about them at all.
You mean after this exact left at the bar scenario happened with the iPhone 4?
Less than two months salary. I wouldn't risk my job and going to jail for two months salary.
They'll get others, they won't get everyone at once.
Amount of pay is not relevant to being a thief. It is in no way justification.