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by hkmurakami 3928 days ago
Apple employees are contract bound to not discuss work on even the most mundane of product updates. As friends, we respect their obligations (though we do give them a hard time by sarcastically badgering them about upcoming updates)
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Even within the company they are. I was speaking with 2 different groups at the same time from Apple and they had to ask me certain questions about their particular projects secretly while the other group was in the room. I had an NDA so I could know both sides but I could not discuss one groups project with the other.
It's surprising how well Apple does considering the lack of transparency within their company (or perceived transparency from my pov as an outsider).

I wonder if this can cause an issue when they begin to get into building products (like cars) that need a high safety factor?