Even if it did manage to get somebody at Apple in trouble, the fault lies entirely with Apple laying down false accusations with insufficient evidence, not with the guy who made a lucky guess and didn't even do it intentionally.
If someone loses their job over this, the fact it's just Apple being arseholes won't be of much comfort to the newly unemployed (unless it's a lucrative wrongful dismissal suit I guess.)
Does anyone have any confidence in Apple doing the right thing by its employees or indeed customers?
As for putting food on the table, in general I'd agree, but do ex-Apple employees in SV really have trouble finding new jobs?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/25/technology/settlement-sili...
http://pando.com/2014/03/27/how-steve-jobs-forced-google-to-...
2. Even if it was, it didn't apply to people who have been fired.
3. Even if it did, there are lots of other places for programmers to work.