An Apple engineer who helped launch the iPod said he helped the US government build a secret version of the device that could covertly collect data. David Shayer, the second software engineer hired ... ( read original story ...)
Apple helped the US government build a ‘top secret’ iPod, former engineer says
David Shayer was sitting at his desk in 2005 when his boss's boss at Apple asked him to take on a "special assignment" for the company: help the US Department of Energy build a "top secret" iPod. ( read original story ...)
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Shayer has told the story of the top-secret iPod and the two government contractor engineers that turned up at Apple to work on the device. ( read original story ...)
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Apple helped make ‘top secret’ iPod for US government
Apple helped the US government build a "top secret" iPod with hidden sensors inside, a former employee has revealed. Only four people at the company knew about the project, according to former Apple ... ( read original story ...)
Apple in 2005 helped the Department of Energy build a top secret iPod
Apple in 2005 helped two contractors for the U.S. Department of Energy build a modified iPod capable of housing specialized hardware. An Apple engineer who worked on the project speculates that ... ( read original story ...)
Apple made a secret iPod for the US government, ex-software engineer claims
It was, Shayer points out, the last iPod where Apple did not digitally sign the operating system, which made the device hackable. From the first iPod Nano, Apple changed its practises – stopping the ... ( read original story ...)