There was a big scandal some years back because an Apple employee left a prototype phone at the bar/restaurant next to the campus, so they definitely do it. I’m a bit surprised that they didn’t crack down harder after that incident, but to be fair to this guy, he didn’t take it out and about and just took it home. I can’t say I’d be overly worried about something happening to it if it was just at my house, but I also don’t have people crashing with me frequently…

A long time ago I did some work that involved apple v Samsung and they were pretty strict about even showing a dev device over a voip call.

Exterior window blinds had to be shut, screens set up on the interior so you couldn’t see through the doors, no recording devices, legal representation on-site to verify.

Former Apple employee here, hardware is almost never let off campus but software alone can be. For example software engineers working on iOS, like this guy, would probably have development builds installed on their personal devices. It's allowed but you're obviously not supposed to let anyone else see or use the new features.

You can read it two ways:

1. gee they’re so WFH friendly
2. they drive their people hard and they work nights and weekends

Allegedly, though that does seem to likely be the case.

There's a time when leaking to the press is an important option to have. Had this been all about Apple misbehaving in some manner, then nobody would take their side here. But breaking into someone's laptop and stealing confidential info just to leak some stuff about their new UI is not the way to go. Fuck that.

I think you’re mixing the story up a bit- the guy that got into the phone didn’t have a YouTube channel, he sold it to someone with a YouTube channel. Still stupid in any case!