Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI for stealing trade secrets continues to unfold. According to a recent disclosure by the US tech media The Information, due to a loophole in Apple's internal data management policy, some former employees can still access confidential documents, including product launch plans, through their personal iCloud accounts after leaving their jobs. The discovery added a new technical context to the legal dispute between Apple and OpenAI. The report pointed out that the root cause of this problem is that Apple has long encouraged employees to bind their personal Apple ID to the iCloud storage space provided by the company. Apple provides employees with 2TB of iCloud storage and allows it to be merged with an individual's existing plan. Since iPhones only support one primary Apple ID for full iCloud access, many employees choose to store their work and life files on the same device and account. Although Apple introduced the “Apple Work” folder in the late 2010s to strengthen the control of work files, internal files stored outside of this folder may still be mixed with data such as personal photos and continue to be synchronized after employees leave their jobs.

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