Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T
Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send cust. device IDs to AT&T
A 16-year Apple engineer alleges he was fired for refusing to share customer IMEI numbers with AT&T through unsecured email, without required releases. Apple denies wrongdoing, citing just cause. The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco Superior Court, heads to trial in November 2027.
Boardman says she told him to “stop being a pain” and move on.
- wmf
This guy is going to lose. If a company is violating no laws and your manager tells you to drop it, you can either drop it or quit. You don't get to choose how to interpret company policy.
- codedokode
This is why you should use open-source firmware where there is no registration and customer IDs. Also, the software should allow overwrite IMEI to a random value daily.
> Boardman believed the meeting would finally address both issues.
> Apple fired him the next day.
This is a reminder that being honest with a company doesn't benefit you.
- chasil
The apparent takeaway is that Apple devices on AT&T have reduced privacy.
This may change, obviously. Likely for the worse.
- tdeck
I have to say this sounds like an extremely believable form of shoddy PII stewardship.
- radium3d
AT&T looking for more user data to leak to everyone? Already did the SSNs