A Foxconn factory manufacturing iPhones for Apple in China (illustration).
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Apple has changed the security measures in the factories of its subcontractors in order to limit the risk of leaks concerning the future iPhone 13. The updates have made some rules stricter but have also lightened another.
An internal document relayed by
The Information
indicates that it is now prohibited to collect fingerprints and photos of Apple employees visiting a factory.
The apple brand has indeed considered that the protection of privacy is a "fundamental human right".
However, the same rules are not applied to employees of subcontractors.
The collection of biometric data concerning them is always possible.
The device affects more than a million workers employed by manufacturers of Apple products, such as Foxconn and Pegatron.
The reinforced parts tracing system
To protect the secrets of the upcoming iPhone 13, Apple has chosen to toughen some existing measures and put new ones in place, says the
9to5Mac
site
.
Vehicles arriving at factories should now be filmed from four angles.
The images of the cameras filming the destruction of prototypes and defective parts are kept for 180 days.
Any external visitor must present an official ID.
Security guards are responsible for keeping a written record of the movements of employees carrying key components.
Apple also wanted to strengthen its spare parts movement tracing program by setting up an alert system.
This is triggered when an element takes "an unusually long time to reach its destination".
The Californian giant has also asked manufacturers working for it to check the criminal background of each of the people employed on their sites.
This is a first.
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