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Uber likely doesn't have social network data on their riders Uber does have a feature to split a bill, and has source,destination pairs for all its trips. I be
by pcl 11y ago
Uber likely doesn't have social network data on their riders
Uber does have a feature to split a bill, and has source,destination pairs for all its trips. I bet you can do some serious social graph construction with that data.
And, as with so many things in the privacy space, combining that data with other data sources (ISP intercepts of HTTPS traffic, for example) probably provides a clearer picture than one could get from either data set alone.
- nsgi 11y agoWhat makes you think ISPs are intercepting HTTPS traffic, or have the ability to do so?
- Spooky23 11y agoThere's no reason the ISP couldn't intercept encrypted traffic or related metadata. They just can't read it. Since wireless ISPs have been collecting and indefinitely retaining messaging data for many years, it's not beyond any reasonable expectation that wireline ISPs aren't retaining various things.
- pdkl95 11y agoYou only need to know which cell towers the phones are traveling past[1], and you get a nice relationship map (and movement data). I'm sure a similar analysis can be done with IP headers. [1] http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/how-the-nsa-is-tracking-people-right-now/634/ http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/how-the-nsa-i...