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Who Has Your Back? Government Data Requests 2016, Sharing Economy Edition
- d33 10y ago...I'm really surprised to see Uber on the top of the list and Apple not being anywhere.
- nxzero 10y agoWhy would Apple be on a list for "Sharing Economy Companies" - I'm not seeing the reasoning behind why you'd believe they're a sharing economy company?
- d33 10y agoTheir recent fight with FBI for one. Granted, they're not saints, but at the very list they stirred up some controversy.
- bskap 10y agoBut they're not a "sharing economy" company. They show up on the normal Who Has Your Back list.
- theseatoms 10y agoThe modern 'cloud' sounds like data storage sharing and computing sharing to me.
- bskap 10y ago"sharing economy" usually refers to services that don't directly sell things, but instead get users who want things in contact with other users who have things- Uber getting people who want to use a car in contact with people who have a car, for example. Cloud is just traditional renting with fancy terminology.
- wyldfire 10y agoThey're not on this list because they're not in these [sharing economy] marketplaces. They have been and likely will continue to be a part of the primary "Who has your back?" review ([1] e.g). [1] https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-requests-2015 https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-government-data-reques...
- d33 10y agoAh, right, missed this one. Sorry.
- RickS 10y agoUber has an extremely adversarial relationship with the US gov, so while I doubt they're doing this out of love for their users, citizen privacy and uber's profits happen to have a shared enemy.
- throwaway45589 10y agoNew York and California transportation regulators demand records of all Uber rides/requests in their respective jurisdictions and have the authority to fine Uber and/or shut it down in their jurisdictions if it doesn't comply. At least in California, Uber has been fighting it [0]. [0] http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-uber-puc-20160114-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-tn-uber-puc-20160114-s...
- bognition 10y agoI love it when the EFF creates content like this! I know its a oversimplification of the issues but the simple format makes it easy to share with less educated friends and family which leads to discussions about why privacy is important.
- fosco 10y agoI wish there was a way to communicate the importance of eff to people who have not even heard of it in a way where they appreciate it instead of just a nod of partial understanding. their impact is incredible.
- blowski 10y agoI haven't even heard of half the apps on this list. Am I outdated or are they well known only in the US? E.g. Turo, GetAround, VRBO.
- cblock811 10y agoYou're not alone. I work in San Francisco and haven't heard of them either.
- superuser2 10y agoVRBO was the AirBnb before AirBnb. GetAround is an excellent car sharing service, basically peer-to-peer ZipCar. Cheaper, more available, and a more interesting spread of vehicles. Used it 7 or 8 times while living in SF for a summer. I think it's only in SF.