My daughter posted a hands-on movie of iPhone X Apple's engineer is dismissed

Brook Amelia Peterson, who has posted multiple movies on his channel as YouTuber, said that his father was involved in development "iPhone X"Hands-on movie released. However, Peterson's father will lose his job at Apple as it released the movie before iPhone X was released and was an act that violated Apple's confidentiality agreement.

Apple sacks iPhone X engineer after daughter posts hands-on video to YouTube
http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/10/28/apple-sacks-iphone-x-engineer-after-daughter-posts-hands-on-video-to-youtube

Apple fires iPhone X engineer after daughter's hands-on video goes viral - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/16565110/apple-engineer-iphone-x-youtube-video

The problematic movie is Apple's new building "Apple ParkWhat was filmed at the cafe Caffe Macs in. Mr. Peterson of course shot the movie, and before the release of iPhone X the movie is Peterson 's YouTube channel'Brooke Amelia PetersonIt will be posted on. Later, Apple noticed the existence of the movie and requested deletion, but it was already late and already a big topic on the internet.

The movies that Peterson is using various iPhone X in Caffe Macs are as follows. IPhone X will appear around 3 / 10th of a movie. The movie was released on October 24, 2017, and the number of views has already exceeded 400,000 times. Of particular note is that although there are about 4000 movie ratings, there are about 1,500 "low ratings".

IPHONE X and CAFE MACS - YouTube


Even at the time of writing, there is a movie on Peterson 's YouTube channel, but on the following October 28, "MY IPHONE X VIDEO WENT VIRAL (my iPhone X movie has spread in the word of mouth) In addition, Mr. Peterson said that his father was dismissed from Apple in this movie.

MY IPHONE X VIDEO WENT VIRAL - YouTube


According to the movie, Apple seems to prohibit the recording of information on hardware which is not officially released, such as explanation of photos, movies, device functions, by internal regulations with voice, photo, video, etc. Of course, what Peterson 's father let me daughter take a movie of iPhone X is a violation of a confidentiality agreement between Apple and employees. As a result, Peterson's father lost his job at Apple.

Although Apple's coping seems too severe, a strict confidentiality agreement is not only to protect Apple's own technology but also to ensure employee safety. The movie released by Mr. Peterson said that iPhone X with a special QR code dedicated to Apple employees is reflected and something like codename of Apple product not released is reflected. Initially shooting in Apple Park is strictly forbidden, so shooting iPhone X before release is said to be a clear rule violation.

The father of Mr. Peterson who was fired worked as an engineer at Apple, he was engaged in the design of RF and wireless circuits of iPhone X, he said that he worked at Apple for about 4 years. The overseas news media The Verge seems to have contacted Apple for fact confirmation, but he said that there was no reply at the time of article creation.