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Apple security chief John Theriault reportedly retiring
Apple's vice president of global security, John Theriault, has left the company. In the wake of the investigation into the whereabouts of a lost iPhone 4S prototype earlier this year in which Apple's security personnel allegedly impersonated San Francisco police officers, many believe that kerfuffle was the reason for Theriault's departure. In that incident, Apple security tracked the lost prototype to a San Francisco home where personnel -- accompanied by real San Francisco police -- were allowed into the home by Sergio Calderón. Mr. Calderón believed the Apple employees were police, and said that he would not have let them in if he had known otherwise. Both Apple and San Francisco police are investigating what really happened that day, and the company has been in contact with Mr. Calderón. Unfortunately for Apple, the prototype was never recovered. According to AllThingsD, which confirmed an unsubstantiated rumor first posted on 9to5Mac, Apple isn't saying that the incident is the reason for Mr. Theriault's departure. Instead, they're saying that he has retired from the company, which sounds like a nice way of giving Mr. Theriault a choice between leaving gracefully or being fired.
WikiLeaks cables shed light on Apple's battle against counterfeit wares
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but if you're Rolex, Gucci or Apple, you probably aren't very interested in being flattered. Due to Apple's intense popularity, an entire industry has arisen that thrives on knocking off the iconic wares Designed in Cupertino. We've seen plenty in our day, and while it may strike some as if Apple's doing absolutely nothing to curtail the aping, a new WikiLeaks release confirms otherwise. According to an electronic memo from the Beijing embassy dated September 2008, Apple began to put obvious and deliberate pressure on China to act against businesses who were copying its wares a few years back. As it turns out, knocking out the knockoffs isn't exactly high on China's list of governmental priorities, and progress on halting the KIRF extravaganza has been sluggish at best. The entire story is quite the exhausting read, but it's worth delving into if you're curious -- per usual, you can get educated in the links below.
