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Tesla has subpoenaed Apple for access to the iCloud data of an engineer who allegedly stole thousands of Autopilot source code files right before leaving to work at XMotors.ai, the U.S. research branch of China's Xpeng.
The ex-Tesla engineer, Guangzhi Cao, has already acknowledged uploading copies of Autopilot source code to his personal iCloud account, Bloomberg said in a report this week. He nevertheless claims to have done nothing wrong, saying he didn't make use of the data and has tried to scrub it from his personal devices. Cao and his lawyers have even offered to provide forensic copies of devices Tesla wants to inspect.
Apple is likely to comply with the subpoena as long as it meets legal standards. July 2018 saw prosecutors charge an engineer from Apple's self-driving program, Project Titan, with stealing trade secrets in advance of joining Xpeng. The case is still ongoing as the engineer has pleaded not guilty.
Autopilot is Tesla's branding for the self-driving systems in cars like the Model 3 and Model S. The company's AI has yet to achieve full independence, but can already park, navigate highways and change lanes with little human help.
Apple's self-driving plans remain nebulous. The company has been performing road tests and recently bought out self-driving car startup Drive.ai, but details on product integration remain scarce. A finished vehicle could hit roads in 2023 or later, or not at all.
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Reply 1 of 22
AppleExposedPosts: 1,805unconfirmed, member
July 12, 2019 9:25PM
China stealing US. tech?
SHOCKED! /s
Reply 2 of 22
sflocalPosts: 6,106member
July 12, 2019 9:57PM
So it's another typical, IP-stealing day for China and it's government-assisted spy-cells?
Law-abiding Chinese citizens should be embarrassed at how their country is run.
Reply 3 of 22
coolfactorPosts: 2,283member
July 12, 2019 9:59PM
So that's two head-hunted engineers taking data from their former employer to benefit their role at Xpeng. Can't ignore the growing pattern here. This shines a dark light on Xpeng, as it's likely they have a role in this behaviour, possibly coercion. All speculation, but patterns can't be ignored.
Reply 4 of 22
SoliPosts: 10,038member
July 13, 2019 12:45AM
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
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Reply 5 of 22
danoxPosts: 3,072member
July 13, 2019 12:54AM
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
A Chinese, Russian, or Israeli person with family (ties) can't say no, if you hire them you will pay.....
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chaickaPosts: 257member
July 13, 2019 1:00AM
It’s nothing new. And it’s not just US tech firms who is being targeted.
Here is what’s been happening to many industries which firms from China are keen to make leapfrog advancements on:
1. Using high remuneration packages to attract key engineers to join them;
2. Tapping into the knowledge of these engineers for a short time frame (1-2 years) while transferring those knowledge to their own engineers.The above has happened to semiconductors industry for years and that’s how they leapfrogged into competitiveness against existing tech giants.
Reply 7 of 22
AppleExposedPosts: 1,805unconfirmed, member
July 13, 2019 1:14AM
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
VirnetX is a patent troll but...
Google/Amazon are worse than these Chinese companies. That doesn't mean these Chinese scumbags aren't also scumbags.
Reply 8 of 22
kimberlyPosts: 434member
July 13, 2019 2:40AM
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
Hey @Soli .. I think it is called stereotyping. Stereotypesare assumptions based on unfounded ideas about groups, not identifying particular characteristics of a group of people. They signify a gap or lack in understanding. We typically stereotype those whom we do not understand or about whom we have no knowledge. Ref#https://www.everydaysociologyblog.com/2012/05/understanding-generalizations-and-stereotypes.html
Reply 9 of 22
JFC_PAPosts: 936member
July 13, 2019 6:10AM
“Research” branch. Giggle.
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Reply 10 of 22
vmarksPosts: 762editor
July 13, 2019 12:36PM
danox said:
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
A Chinese, Russian, or Israeli person with family (ties) can't say no, if you hire them you will pay.....
Xenophobia -intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.
It also misunderstands the impact of culture - Americans expect all countries to adhere to the current understanding of intellectual property ownership. This appears to be wrong if we look at the history of the world: in recent terms, many English speaking countries have different limits on copyright time period (public domain) and what rights non-owners have (fair use), what's OK in England or Australia would not be OK in America, for example. On a longer timeline, compare with the native Americans who didn't always have a concept of exclusionary land ownership vs the colonists.
For China,
Shenzhen manufacturers see hardware and product design as something that can be borrowed freely and altered. Success in business comes down to speed and execution, not originality.Re-iterating or copying is part of the culture, and seen as an opportunity for improvement on the original, not theft. The best way to avoid copying is to make the costs or production too high, through expensive machines required to produce, expensive materials, or binary software running on boutique hardware. And even then, it's not perfect.Reply 11 of 22
StrangeDaysPosts: 12,938member
July 13, 2019 1:00PM
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
China has a unique deep culture of IP theft, ripoffs, and counterfeits (aka knockoffs). This is simply a fact. It’s why it’s taken decades to get them to kind of enforce IP law.
I traveled China as part of my studies during university two decades ago, it was everywhere and an open secret. Whether that’s immoral is a different discussion. Perhaps it flourishes there due to poverty, it’s hard to respect western IP law when entire populations would never be able to afford name brands. Perhaps it’s also culture, part of Chinese art is based on imitating masters.
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Reply 12 of 22
avon b7Posts: 7,843member
July 13, 2019 1:16PM
StrangeDays said:
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
China has a unique deep culture of IP theft, ripoffs, and counterfeits (aka knockoffs). This is simply a fact. It’s why it’s taken decades to get them to kind of enforce IP law.
I traveled China as part of my studies during university two decades ago, it was everywhere and an open secret. Whether that’s immoral is a different discussion. Perhaps it’s flourishes there due to poverty, it’s hard to respect western IP law when entire populations would never be able to afford the name brands.
There is another side to your coin, of course.
https://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2019/article_0004.html
A lot can change in two decades as this rumour might highlight:
Reply 13 of 22
lkruppPosts: 10,557member
July 13, 2019 1:50PM
Yeah, it should all be open and free! Damn Bill Gates for writing that letter. /s
Reply 14 of 22
matrix077Posts: 868member
July 13, 2019 1:58PM
vmarks said:
danox said:
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
A Chinese, Russian, or Israeli person with family (ties) can't say no, if you hire them you will pay.....
For China,Shenzhen manufacturers see hardware and product design as something that can be borrowed freely and altered. Success in business comes down to speed and execution, not originality.Re-iterating or copying is part of the culture, and seen as an opportunity for improvement on the original, not theft. The best way to avoid copying is to make the costs or production too high, through expensive machines required to produce, expensive materials, or binary software running on boutique hardware. And even then, it's not perfect.
Wow! So downloading something that you’re not supposed to download,for your financial gain andwithout permission, to give it to someone else who will benefit from it, is not stealing. It’s just a cultural misunderstanding. Wow! Wow! Wow!
With this kind of thinking you deserved it I guess.
I have lived in many third world countries and almost everywhere people under age 10 knows what stealing is. Everywhere but here it seems.
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Reply 15 of 22
realisticPosts: 1,154member
July 13, 2019 3:59PM
vmarks said:
danox said:
Soli said:
What's the term for this kind of bigotry? Scapegoating? Don't you all make comments on this forum about Google, Amazon, and other non-Chinese people or owned companies breaking the law without making sweeping claims about nationalities? Should we claim that all Americans are thievesbecause of them? Should we say that America is inherently skullduggerousbecauseVirnetX won yet another lawsuit against American company Apple? I don't recall anyone making any suggestion remotely of that nature on that thread.
A Chinese, Russian, or Israeli person with family (ties) can't say no, if you hire them you will pay.....
... The best way to avoid copying is to make the costs or production too high, through expensive machines required to produce, expensive materials, or binary software running on boutique hardware. And even then, it's not perfect. ...
This part of your comment absolutely makes no sense,complex and expensive products is what leads to technology theft and cloning.
Reply 16 of 22
mikethemartianPosts: 1,417member
July 13, 2019 4:33PM
I find it ironic that in grade school I was taught that Samuel Slater who stole British textile technology and brought it to the US was a hero and considered the Father of the American Industrial Revolution by President Andrew Jackson while in Britain he was known as Slater the Traitor.
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MacQcPosts: 14member
July 13, 2019 6:30PM
That's how technological progress has (often) been historically made: by stealing. Nothing new. Nothing to be shocked. It will helps autopilot driving becoming mainstream.
Reply 18 of 22
riverkoPosts: 232member
July 13, 2019 7:12PM
if Tesla doesn’t want their employees to steel the data, shouldn’t they have done some measurements first? Like not allowing to use private E-Mails, cloud drives etc? Same as eg banks do to prevent data leaks?
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apple ][Posts: 9,233member
July 13, 2019 8:16PM
China has long been engaged in espionage and stealing of trade secrets.
All Chinese nationals employed by American companies should obviously be placed under increased scrutiny to ensure that they are not spies working for their motherland.
Reply 20 of 22
Rayz2016Posts: 6,957member
July 14, 2019 4:20AM
apple ][ said:
China has long been engaged in espionage and stealing of trade secrets.
All Chinese nationals employed by American companies should obviously be placed under increased scrutiny to ensure that they are not spies working for their motherland.
Next stop: internment.
🤦🏾♂️
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