The Washington Post reports that officials responsible for selling Apple phones are beginning to “quietly” unite. The reason is the stagnation of wages against the background of rising prices for almost all goods and services, as well as the steady growth of Apple’s profits.
Employees at several of the technology giant’s stores have begun uniting in a union, but this has not happened without worries.
Employees are suspected of wiretapping by Apple, and organizers have switched to Android phones to avoid any potential spying, the Washington Post said, speaking to an employee who requested anonymity.
Fears are not unfounded. In 2021, Apple fired a senior official who claimed to have used data from employees’ sexual harassment employees.
In addition, the megacorporation “there is an inner culture of observation, intimidation and alienation“, an employee revealed to the newspaper.
“Employees are closely monitored and our data is kept confidential and quality“, the source reveals.
In 2011, Wired reported that Apple employees were posing as fake cops during an apartment raid to find a prototype iPhone.
Edward Snowden’s findings also show that the real owner of every smartphone is not the consumer who bought it, but the company that made it. One of the side effects of digitalization is easier and increased surveillance, comment on defenders of freedom on the Internet.
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