I wonder how many of these extraordinary leak prevention measures would be necessary if Apple manufactured their devices in the US or Europe? The temptations for the workers would be the same (big payoffs are a universal temptation), but there might be more of a cultural barrier to overcome. Also I'm fully willing to believe that US authorities would prosecute the crap out of someone stealing from Apple, whereas in China the penalty seems to be that you lose your crappy sweatshop job and have to walk across the street to get a new one.
Apple broke up the supply chain (and probably not a small number of bones) for the time being in China, but it will grow back. The money is too tempting.
Apple broke up the supply chain (and probably not a small number of bones) for the time being in China, but it will grow back. The money is too tempting.