Apple has a secret army of new iPhones to prevent production workers from going out

In the high-tech industry, especially when new smartphones are coming out, design leaks or new features are very normal.

Apple has always tried to prevent this leak to ensure fans get a surprise when the new iPhone comes out.

After the entire iPhone 5C incident was revealed just before the official launch event, Apple formed a private security team called the New Product Security Team (NPS). The security team is responsible for closely monitoring Chinese production lines and partners, ensuring that production workers cannot steal components or copy design drawings for external use.

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Production workers have a lot of ways to leak the design of a new iPhone yet to be released. An employee of Jabil - part of Apple's supply chain - is the culprit behind the leak of the iPhone 5C design. This guy stole a case of the iPhone 5C, away from security cameras and guards, escaping from the factory. After being released, the iPhone 5C case was photographed and posted on the Internet. This made the biggest change of the iPhone 5C plastic case and colors revealed.

The NPS report showed that they even found a worker digging a tunnel inside the factory to be able to bring components that are being manufactured outside. Of course, this plan went bankrupt.

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Apple production workers not only caused information leaks, they also stole iPhones to sell to the black market. NPS discovered two of Jabil's employees, who adjusted the inventory tracking system to steal 180 iPhones 6. After discovering the incident, Apple did not rely on investigating agencies but knew it. Secret of acquiring all these stolen devices. Because if you do that, Apple will be forced to provide enough information to these agencies and make the unopened devices leaked.

In addition, if judged by law, iPhone device thieves are usually only judged on the material value of stolen property, instead of intellectual property value, so it is not enough to deter .

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Despite Apple's efforts to design the iPhone 11, the new product that will be launched this year is still leaked. So far, we all know that this new iPhone will have a rear-facing camera cluster.

It seems that Apple's special security team has not yet completed the assigned task.