The leaked images of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25+ not only unveiled the new smartphone, but also cost many Samsung employees their jobs. The trigger was a tweet from the user @JukanLosarovWhich shows a photo of an S25+ prototype that reveals the device ID if you look closely
The case became explosive due to a subsequent posting by Licker Max Jumbo (whom I did an interview with a while back). He drew attention to the clearly visible device number and noted that Samsung could use it to identify the source of the leak. In fact, Samsung subsequently identified several employees as responsible and fired them without notice, according to media reports.
Jambor’s approach is viewed critically in some parts of the technology community. Some accused him of unnecessarily drawing attention to device numbers and thus contributing to the discovery and termination of Samsung employees. It may also prevent other potential leakers from sharing information with reporters in the future.
the mast Protects itself with itThe device number of the original leak was already clearly visible to Samsung. At the time of his tweet, the case had long been known internally. He only wanted to confirm the authenticity of the leak after receiving a query from Samsung headquarters.
Even if I hadn’t tweeted the result would have been the same. My tweet simply stated the obvious.
Max Jambor on X (machine translated)
Apart from that He warns everyoneWho should have access to a Samsung prototype: “Do yourself a favor – don’t release hands-on material or run benchmarks. seriously Samsung tracks what you do with these devices Take a closer look at what you signed up for. If you haven’t, do it now.”
