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Apple engineer says he was fired after refusing to send customer device IDs to AT&T

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1304483/apple-engineer-says-he-was-fired-after-refusing-to-send-customer-device-ids-to-at-t

A 16-year employee alleges Apple’s carrier team shared IMEI numbers through unsecured email without required customer releases. Apple denies wrongdoing and says he was fired for just cause. A jury trial is set for November 2027.

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Apple does a great job advertising privacy. They are pretty good at also blocking 3rd parties from collecting data on you as well.

What they don’t do, is talk about the amount of data they collect on you. They do care about your data because they are trying to push into the advertising business. They really need to be sued by these 3rd parties for monopolistic practices abusing their platform to collect data.