> Uber then served up a fake version of its app that was populated with ghost cars, to evade capture. > To date, Greyballing has been effective. In Portland th

> Uber then served up a fake version of its app that was populated with ghost cars, to evade capture. > To date, Greyballing has been effective. In Portland that day in late 2014, Mr. England, the enforcement officer, did not catch an Uber, according to local reports. > To circumvent that tactic, Uber employees went to that city’s local electronics stores to look up device numbers of the cheapest mobile phones on sale, which were often the ones bought by city officials, whose budgets were not sizable. Holy moley. That is so slimy and sneaky. Well heck this opens a new startup opportunity -- build a device or service to create phone and accounts to evade Greyball and sell its usage to local law enforcement. The price would be low enough if it is sold or provided per hour for example. They could afford that.