Uber is really a scummy company. And given their track record with absuing user data, I don't trust them at all with this new expansive data collection effort.

Uber is really a scummy company. And given their track record with absuing user data, I don't trust them at all with this new expansive data collection effort. Let's review the company shall we? The CEO, Travis Kalanick, has used God View to monitor people for entertainment.[0] The head of their NYC office also go into hot water over using God View inappropriately[1]. At other companies, these would be fireable offenses. No second chances. Deactivate the counts. Escort them to the door. Mail them their stuff. At Uber, it's totally cool brah. There's the whole "you're not our employee, but we pay you, and tell you where to go, and how to act." They explicitly target low income people to be their totally-not-employees, through direct mail, and their "urban" "Get your side hustle on!" commercials. Their auto financing product is predatory.[2] It explicitly targets people bad credit to lease a car they can't pay for unless they're constantly totally-not-employed-with Uber. The interest rates are usury levels of 22.75% APR. Then of course there's the whole, "Fuck the law!" aspect of the company. [0] http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-uber-allegedly-stalked-users-for-party-goers-viewing-pleasure/#5091567d3f84 http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-... [1] https://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/uber-is-investigating-its-top-new-york-executive-for-privacy?utm_term=.twjvZpzBx#.nnPWOkaRz https://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/uber-is-investigating... [2] http://www.marketplace.org/2015/05/13/tech/uber-drivers-struggle-pay-subprime-auto-loans http://www.marketplace.org/2015/05/13/tech/uber-drivers-stru...