Sometimes it really feels like we're walking towards a dark tech-age from some sci-fi movie. Companies are known to use others patent and industrial espionage is not unheard of so yes, this would be a security hole that perhaps is used. Would that however get out, that it was used, the company would probably suffer immensely. Or so one would think. Apple had an agreement with several other companies in silicon valley keep salaries down and not much has happened after that got out which I thought would start a huge storm.