It's disturbing that leaking trade secrets is a criminal offense. I though it was a civil matter.<p>Does this mean journalists will now go to jail for exposing "trade secrets"? What if these "trade secrets" are against the common good?<p>I see such a law as a conflict to a free society. Not that we really live in one. At this point, we might as well throw the Constitution into the garbage :-(<p>And since corporations are considered people, why aren't corporations arrested and thrown in jail for stealing from the public?
The bigger question is: can you get someone arrested for copying your startup software to some non-startup servers?<p>We read lots about federal agencies involvement in corporate troubles.<p>Where is the threshold of involvement? What makes corporation eligible for such a care?
> Kibkalo "uploaded proprietary software including prerelease software updates for Windows 8 RT and ARM devices, as well as the Microsoft Activation Server Software Development Kit (SDK) to a computer in Redmond, Washington, and subsequently to his personal Windows Live SkyDrive account."<p>Wow.
Anyone else disturbed that this was written in a way that associates stolen trade secrets with his current employer, even though based on the article one has nothing to do with the other? Also, the purpose of writing that he's a Russian national is what?<p>Guilty or not, it's almost as if the intent of this article is to defame.<p>This is a low PR point for Microsoft as far as I'm concerned. The only companies that pull this shit are already circling the drain.
Looks like this is the guy: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=64303478" rel="nofollow">https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=64303478</a>.
Maybe MS should give them to Apple and Google to sabotage their products.<p>I'm not sure who would want to steal secrets on how to ruin an OS, but there you go...