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> I'm not sure Uber fits the profile for NSLs. Primarily given the fact that Uber likely doesn't have social network data on their riders so a simple court orde
by lfam 10y ago
> I'm not sure Uber fits the profile for NSLs. Primarily given the fact that Uber likely doesn't have social network data on their riders so a simple court order for a single users rides and GPS locations is probably all that's available for an NSA/FBI investigations. Unlike an email provider like Yahoo/Lavabit, or an ISP for example, which could provide multi-hop data.
Well, the Uber app on Android requires access to the user's address book, call log, and location, so I'd say Uber does have valuable social network information. This is not a unique capability for an Android app, however.
- jzwinck 10y agoKnowing who went to or from a single location at around the same time would be super interesting for counter-terrorism. Of course, the intelligent terrorist would pay with cash, which means no Uber except in India, Southeast Asia, and a few others [1]. Which raises real questions, since taxis in some regions have cameras but Uber cars may not. [1] http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/08/uber-begins-to-see-the-payout-from-accepting-cash-payments/ http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/08/uber-begins-to-see-the-payo...
- nxzero 10y agoThey already do this, that is track all the locations of cell phones to see if there are two people that "magically" happen to travel somewhere together in unusual pattern. Example I saw was two people at random times "happening" to get on the same mass transit system.