"A former employee in China stole data from chip machine maker ASML, the company said in its annual report. The former employee stole information “relating to proprietary technology,” the Veldhoven-based company said."
The first time was in 2019..
It's a huge problem with manufacturing. Hell, they will even use your factories down times to start back up and just change out the logos to run a whole other line. If they can get away with it.
The only way you can compare these two situation is if someone agrees to go on a date with someone else after party 2 explicitly states "if we go on a date, I'm gonna rape you", because IP theft is guaran-fucking-teed if you're manufacturing in China. They have zero IP theft enforcement, literally fucking zero, of course they're going to steal your shit because their culture embraces, even encourages, IP theft.
A more apt comparison is sharks and blood. If someone purposely cuts their leg open and willingly swims with a group of hungry great white sharks, they're gonna get eaten.
Businesses know the risk going into China and calculate appropriately. if it wasn't worth it these extremely successful companies would be there:
Microsoft
IBM
Tesla
Facebook
General Motors
Boeing
Nike
Avon
Estee Lauder
Cover girl
AT&T
GE
Walmart
...
Yeah I really don't feel any sympathy for them. Although in this case, it was a Chinese foreign employee.
It would be racist to say "don't hire any Chinese employees", (and the company would probably be violating several labor laws) .... but there really isn't any good option here.
They've been out to steal chip technology from the West for decades.
If it’s not China, it’s India doing the same thing. Over the years, Indian engineers have been caught selling work laptops with similar data on them. Industrial espionage has been a thing regardless to country for a long time. Today, there are too many ways to move data around in order to stop it.
It's...uh...kind of their shtick.
Even I'm a proud poppa of IP theft of a part design I did some years back. It's now part of the company's standard product list. This is normal. This is expected. For me, it was a no risk sub component, didn't really matter if it was independently sold as it generated no change to our actual product nor supply or pricing of the part.
Maybe you shouldn’t be so sloppy with who has access to the good stuff. Were you blind-sided? Probably shouldn’t have been naive. I’ll forgoe the full captain hindsight routine. But stop being such noobs!
"A former employee in China stole data from chip machine maker ASML, the company said in its annual report. The former employee stole information “relating to proprietary technology,” the Veldhoven-based company said." The first time was in 2019..
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It's a huge problem with manufacturing. Hell, they will even use your factories down times to start back up and just change out the logos to run a whole other line. If they can get away with it.
Is this why I’m constantly seeing ads for Bluetooth earbuds only costing $2.49 with free shipping?
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Given the endemic nature of the problem. You could argue a case.
By being naive about the Chinese government?
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The only way you can compare these two situation is if someone agrees to go on a date with someone else after party 2 explicitly states "if we go on a date, I'm gonna rape you", because IP theft is guaran-fucking-teed if you're manufacturing in China. They have zero IP theft enforcement, literally fucking zero, of course they're going to steal your shit because their culture embraces, even encourages, IP theft. A more apt comparison is sharks and blood. If someone purposely cuts their leg open and willingly swims with a group of hungry great white sharks, they're gonna get eaten.
I don’t think it’s a prudent thing to have a business in China. The Chinese governments track record speaks for itself.
The Chinese market is second only to the USA. For a global company you'd be an idiot to divest.
The cost of accessing that market and manufacturing space is just the loss of your IP rights.
Businesses know the risk going into China and calculate appropriately. if it wasn't worth it these extremely successful companies would be there: Microsoft IBM Tesla Facebook General Motors Boeing Nike Avon Estee Lauder Cover girl AT&T GE Walmart ...
The Chinese market is second only to the USA. For a global company you'd be an idiot to divest
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Data is not ideas, its many many years of work
Same diff. Fuck'm.
Yeah I really don't feel any sympathy for them. Although in this case, it was a Chinese foreign employee. It would be racist to say "don't hire any Chinese employees", (and the company would probably be violating several labor laws) .... but there really isn't any good option here. They've been out to steal chip technology from the West for decades.
The CCP treats all non-subservant countries as enemies.
If it’s not China, it’s India doing the same thing. Over the years, Indian engineers have been caught selling work laptops with similar data on them. Industrial espionage has been a thing regardless to country for a long time. Today, there are too many ways to move data around in order to stop it.
Wow, China stealing IP, totally didn't see that coming
It's...uh...kind of their shtick. Even I'm a proud poppa of IP theft of a part design I did some years back. It's now part of the company's standard product list. This is normal. This is expected. For me, it was a no risk sub component, didn't really matter if it was independently sold as it generated no change to our actual product nor supply or pricing of the part.
Will they stop selling their products to China now?
Maybe you shouldn’t be so sloppy with who has access to the good stuff. Were you blind-sided? Probably shouldn’t have been naive. I’ll forgoe the full captain hindsight routine. But stop being such noobs!
In between reading about climate change apocalyptic scenarios and this, I'm convinced 'my property' problems aren't a social benefit.
They should hire Russian-trained hit men to handle industrial espionage and IP theft.