she's really adorable. i'm actually surprised that they don't do the ram refresh at the final step.
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iPhone Factory Worker Girl Still Has Her Job
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The AP picked up the story and cites MR and a few members.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080827/china_iphone_girl.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080827/china_iphone_girl.html?.v=1
What I haven't seen mentioned in this thread is that this incident could be viewed as quite a security breach. Normally, you can't simply walk into a factory making equipment like this. Employees are usually not permitted to take photo cameras inside (and with most phones containing cameras these days, it's not unusual that cell phones can't be taken into the "restricted areas").
Pictures of the production process would be very interesting to the competition.
Of course, we'll probably see a positive spin on this story (the girl looked happy, there doesn't seem to be much sensitive information contained in the picture, and everyone seems to love her) but you can bet that there have been some stern words going from Apple HQ to the factory managers.
Pictures of the production process would be very interesting to the competition.
Of course, we'll probably see a positive spin on this story (the girl looked happy, there doesn't seem to be much sensitive information contained in the picture, and everyone seems to love her) but you can bet that there have been some stern words going from Apple HQ to the factory managers.
Where do I say that? I said she's IN it. I never said she took it.
All she did was pose for a photo, EVERY chance she can be fired for that. As part of the QC process, perhaps they have to take a picture. Does it have to be her smiling and flashing the peace sign? Not necessarily, for a quick QC, why not take a pic of the assembly line, or the computers behind her?
I'm not saying I would fire her (I am a manager so perhaps my logic is different than most folks here), all I am saying is there's is a possible case for it that no one here seems to realize. Some of these same folks will potentially get fired one day and ask "What the heck did I do wrong?"
It should be a picture of a special camera test target image. (Perhaps it is, but those pics are usually erased. Or maybe it's not, since QC doesn't seem to be an Apple iPhone priority.)
I think all it shows is that there are young people on the assembly line, who are unsupervised enough to be able to goof around sometimes. Nothing earthshattering.
That's par for most companies that hire young people. But that's part of being young, isn't it.
Yes you are right! We all think it's very interesting. I'm an engineer in Foxconn but I don't know the girl, I hope one day I can see her. Hehe.
You're right that the factory would care about security, and looking unmanaged to prospective customers, which could cost them a lot.
I think Apple doesn't care. It's more free publicity!
1. I heard that the original girl in the photo was not pretty enough, so the Chinese government re-shot the photo with the girl you see now.
2. According to standard Chinese age calculation metrics, the girl you now see in the photo is actually 43 years old. (Because we say so, that's why!)
Thank-you, good night!
:-D
2. According to standard Chinese age calculation metrics, the girl you now see in the photo is actually 43 years old. (Because we say so, that's why!)
Thank-you, good night!
:-D
Um, this was about Foxconn factory employees testing iPhones on the production line as part of standard practice. The photos weren't wiped correctly from the device and ended up in the hands of a customer.
Of course it's a potential security breach, but that's a different scenario.
Did you read the thread properly?
I found...
I remember I bought a RubberMaid wall organizer hanging pockets thing from the local Home Despot and as I opened the thing up these lethal weapons came tumbling out.
Obviously left there by the Chinese slave that made the thing.
I wonder if they were fired or starved for losing these things...
They are cheap, and deadly...
They are 'attached'...
I remember I bought a RubberMaid wall organizer hanging pockets thing from the local Home Despot and as I opened the thing up these lethal weapons came tumbling out.
Obviously left there by the Chinese slave that made the thing.
I wonder if they were fired or starved for losing these things...
They are cheap, and deadly...
They are 'attached'...
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They put the URL of the thread at the bottom, but they left out the equal sign.
They put:
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t547777
Should be:
So many people are saying "peace sign" like she's making some big political statement.
It's not the peace sign, it's the "I'm an east Asian and someone is pointing a camera at me" sign. I don't know exactly why everyone around here does it, but they do. I've asked countless times and nobody can explain it.
I have photos of complete strangers taken on crowded streets with people sticking their fingers up like that, just because I happened to catch someone's eye while I was setting up the shot.
In China they don't fire you for these offenses... You simply get sent to a re-education through labor camp. i.e. You work for free for a few years building even more iPhones for Apple.
Um, this was about Foxconn factory employees testing iPhones on the production line as part of standard practice. The photos weren't wiped correctly from the device and ended up in the hands of a customer.
Of course it's a potential security breach, but that's a different scenario.
Did you read the thread properly?
Yes, I did. As a customer of said factory, I couldn't care less whether the factory let someone walk into the production area with a hidden camera (reason to get mad at the security department) or forgot to wipe pictures off the phone (reason to get mad at the process supervisor). All I see is a picture of my top secret production line posted on the internet.
I even read in this thread that people suggested they take the test photos of the assembly line itself, or of the computer screens behind her. This would have been far worse!
Loss of job...
No she didn't lose her job for being the subject of the testing photo. But she would have lost her job if she had spent all day reading a forum about this instead of working, as we maybe all should.
No she didn't lose her job for being the subject of the testing photo. But she would have lost her job if she had spent all day reading a forum about this instead of working, as we maybe all should.
Excuse me ?
I am an idiot for posting some pictures ?
Are you pissed that they weren't on your phone ?
I was surprised to hear this story reported by National ABC News Radio this evening.