Apple fires engineering manager for allegedly leaking information
This person was Tweeting internal e-mails from Apple, complete with the footnote explaining that they were confidential and not to be shared outside of the company. Example here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;ashleygjovik&#x2F;status&#x2F;1435421599826518025&#x2F;photo&#x2F;1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;ashleygjovik&#x2F;status&#x2F;1435421599826518025&#x2F;...</a><p>There were headlines and outrage about her being placed on administrative leave by Apple recently. Reading the finer details, it turns out she requested to be placed on leave (From the article: &quot;She was placed on administrative leave in early August while Apple investigated some of these concerns — a placement she says she requested as a last resort.&quot;)<p>She has a dedicated form on her website for press to fill out to request an interview with her. ( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ashleygjovik.com&#x2F;press.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ashleygjovik.com&#x2F;press.html</a> )<p>She maintains a website called iWhistleblower ( <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iwhistleblower.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.iwhistleblower.org&#x2F;</a> ) with details about past cases involving Apple and links encouraging people to report Apple information to different regulatory bodies.<p>Her personal website leads with &quot;Apple Labor Advocacy&quot; as well as &quot;Public Health Advocacy&quot; where she describes how she thinks there might be a toxic waste container somewhere on the property of her old 3rd-floor apartment. She believes it was causing her blood pressure and heart rate to change, according to monitors that she wore. She published photos of herself wearing a blood pressure monitoring cuff and her story here: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sfbayview.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;03&#x2F;i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apartment-was-built-on-toxic-waste&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sfbayview.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;03&#x2F;i-thought-i-was-dying-my-apart...</a><p>While I fully agree that all allegations should be given due process and properly investigated, I get nervous when someone is visibly invested in building a personal brand on social media around being a victim. The story about the toxic waste apartment, the story about Apple&#x27;s lawyers needing her work phone for an investigation, and the story about her alleged harassment at Apple all happened within the past 6 months. Her entire social media presence appears to be built around capitalizing on these stories.