Prosser: “Your Honor, I am a Sovereign Technology Reporter. Apple's NDA are non-applicable to me!”
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iOS 26 Leaker Being Sued by Apple is Actually a 'Lifelong Apple Fanboy'
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Prosser's statement reads like he has no idea how courts work and that he thinks that saying something to The Verge is the equivalent of filing a formal response 😄
Meanwhile, the court document suggests a reality check is on the way:
"Defendant Jon Prosser has not yet appeared in this action or filed a response to the Complaint. Mr. Prosser has publicly acknowledged the Complaint, but has not indicated whether he will file a response to it or, if so, by when. Default was entered as to Mr. Prosser on October 17, 2025."
"As noted, the Court has entered default as to Mr. Prosser, as he has not appeared or filed a response to the Complaint. Apple has communicated with Mr. Prosser about this lawsuit and its factual allegations. Apple intends to file a default judgment seeking damages and an injunction against him."
Meanwhile, the court document suggests a reality check is on the way:
"Defendant Jon Prosser has not yet appeared in this action or filed a response to the Complaint. Mr. Prosser has publicly acknowledged the Complaint, but has not indicated whether he will file a response to it or, if so, by when. Default was entered as to Mr. Prosser on October 17, 2025."
"As noted, the Court has entered default as to Mr. Prosser, as he has not appeared or filed a response to the Complaint. Apple has communicated with Mr. Prosser about this lawsuit and its factual allegations. Apple intends to file a default judgment seeking damages and an injunction against him."
Safari needs a “mute” feature like some social media apps have that will intelligently hide all posts, articles and videos with certain terms or names in them—it could cover the area with an opaque square telling you this is hidden for if contains a term you have muted. I like to mute attention seekers, it really improves my experience of certain apps. If Safari had such a feature we could do this for the whole web. I’m sure you can appreciate why I’m making this comment on this article.
Best case scenario will be that Apple lets them off easy if they can prove that there was no actual mal-intent (in tangent with the "lifelong fanboy" declaration), with the condition that they stop reporting on Apple "leaks" altogether.
Possibly but I doubt it. Far more likely they got the info from the devices he handed over.
It’s very irresponsible to post a declaration as a headline. You should not say he is you should say he claims to be.
They stole their friends work phone and copied stuff off it without his permission. Why defend them? Let them be ruined.
Generally speaking, the post office does not know how many letters you send and to whom. If you mean how many letters are processed every day in the US (371 million), that they know. But since you are not required to show your return address, they have no way of tracking that.
Bulk mailers have different requirements and the pieces used to have to be zip and sometimes even address sorted in long-ago times (pre Anthropocene).
Reading and iMessage / iCloud having metrics on data passing through are also two entirely different things.
When one plays with fire, there is a good chance one will get burned.
I am not very impressed with the "26" software so far at beta 4 (iOS, iPad OS, WatchOS and MacOS). So the suggestions that this group of OS packages was not ready for prime time could be way understated. But that is true of pre-released software. Things improve with time.
However, while lots of the fans seek the latest news and or rumors, they are not entitled to access Apple's information that has not been released. Some folks get early access but have signed NDAs so they must be silent about what they have learned or experienced.
What has been publically mentioned about this case sounds rather incrementing for some folks. But a judge and perhaps jury will hear it all from folks under oath to the tell the truth and they will announce what the legal truth is determined to be and what, if any, consequences will be applied.
Too late for the fire proof gloves....
I am not very impressed with the "26" software so far at beta 4 (iOS, iPad OS, WatchOS and MacOS). So the suggestions that this group of OS packages was not ready for prime time could be way understated. But that is true of pre-released software. Things improve with time.
However, while lots of the fans seek the latest news and or rumors, they are not entitled to access Apple's information that has not been released. Some folks get early access but have signed NDAs so they must be silent about what they have learned or experienced.
What has been publically mentioned about this case sounds rather incrementing for some folks. But a judge and perhaps jury will hear it all from folks under oath to the tell the truth and they will announce what the legal truth is determined to be and what, if any, consequences will be applied.
Too late for the fire proof gloves....
Insane defense. "Failed to fully appreciate the value and proprietary nature" of the stolen secrets?
Imagine a defendant saying, "Yes, your honor, I did drive drunk and kill someone, but it's only because I failed to fully appreciate the importance of not driving drunk." Is that supposed to be an excuse? It boggles the mind.
Imagine a defendant saying, "Yes, your honor, I did drive drunk and kill someone, but it's only because I failed to fully appreciate the importance of not driving drunk." Is that supposed to be an excuse? It boggles the mind.
having the metrics is still sketchy and ppl generally don't like it (look up NSA metadata).
that's the weirdest way I have ever heard to say "I loved it way too much so I stole it".
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Poor guys, they have leaked the crappiest OS release in years and now are in trouble.
Back when I was Apple fanboy they sued Samsung, now they sue small bloggers and leakers from US-only. Can’t touch Wylsacom and others from sanctioned/hostile countries who review their devices month before global release!
That for me is a sign of a weak company. Intellectual property? C’mon, their designers have smoked out their minds if they think this is innovative and worth to be called IP. Every Chinese manufacturer has already copied it, and more to come.
Witch hunt on leakers only ruins Apple’s reputation. However I am not sure if their reputation isn’t ruined already, they have been giving devices to select bloggers months before global release so those can make their highly-biased reviews and free PR. A huge contrast with Apple from 2000-2012, they rarely needed ads for iPhones to keep selling.
I could only wish them luck, maybe Apple backs down. However I don’t think they will, this Apple is not old Apple. Guys are in a huge trouble
Back when I was Apple fanboy they sued Samsung, now they sue small bloggers and leakers from US-only. Can’t touch Wylsacom and others from sanctioned/hostile countries who review their devices month before global release!
That for me is a sign of a weak company. Intellectual property? C’mon, their designers have smoked out their minds if they think this is innovative and worth to be called IP. Every Chinese manufacturer has already copied it, and more to come.
Witch hunt on leakers only ruins Apple’s reputation. However I am not sure if their reputation isn’t ruined already, they have been giving devices to select bloggers months before global release so those can make their highly-biased reviews and free PR. A huge contrast with Apple from 2000-2012, they rarely needed ads for iPhones to keep selling.
I could only wish them luck, maybe Apple backs down. However I don’t think they will, this Apple is not old Apple. Guys are in a huge trouble
Let’s not mix criminal offenses and IP hassles. Those are in far different leagues.
Maybe they know what they are doing. If they are able to prove in court that iOS 26 is “a lipstick on a pig” and not some “mind-blowing innovation” - they can get away with this. However they need good lawyers. If they find ones, it would be somewhat hard for Apple to prove their transparent control centre and very so slightly different icons are actual redesign that differs much from what was already in public (iOS 18).
The fun fact is the leaked version looked more promising than the actual release. Maybe that’s why Apple is mad, because they underdelivered?
