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> is Uber really just that bad? Sounds like it is. Uber's not exactly the first tech company to be in the spotlight, and yet they seem to be a uniquely anarchi

by doktrin 10y ago

> is Uber really just that bad? Sounds like it is. Uber's not exactly the first tech company to be in the spotlight, and yet they seem to be a uniquely anarchic organization. For instance, Google's been in this kind of hot water before - namely regarding the stored wifi traffic captured by street view vehicles. That said, what Uber's accused of here is an even more massive breach of public trust IMO.

MichaelGG 10y ago
Someone at Google forgetting to set snaplen on tcpdump is hardly nefarious.
- ce4 10y ago
  Forgotten or otherwise, it was neglect of privacy and against the law in some (all?) countries.
- angry-hacker 10y ago
  Google has built the best spy machine of all times, something even the worst dictatorial regimes couldn't dream of. KGB would be jealous. And you can't opt out of the system even if you don't use them, it's like cancer. Uber was digging its own grave before and now with the help of liberal journalists who got angry because of the Trumps fiasco they multiply the process. I didn't have anything good to say about uber before, and I don't support their practices of breaking the laws, but clearly it's a witchunt against the company and CEO.
- dboreham 10y ago
  That wasn't what happened though.
- doktrin 10y ago
  I may well be basing my opinion on outdated information, but I was referring to stuff like this : "A Federal Communications Commission document disclosed Saturday showed for the first time that the software in Google’s Street View mapping cars was “intended” to collect Wi-Fi payload data, and that engineers had even transferred the data to an Oregon Storage facility. Google tried to keep that and other damning aspects of the Street View debacle from public review, the FCC said" [1] [1] https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/

by doktrin 10y ago

MichaelGG 10y ago

Someone at Google forgetting to set snaplen on tcpdump is hardly nefarious.

ce4 10y ago
Forgotten or otherwise, it was neglect of privacy and against the law in some (all?) countries.
angry-hacker 10y ago
Google has built the best spy machine of all times, something even the worst dictatorial regimes couldn't dream of. KGB would be jealous. And you can't opt out of the system even if you don't use them, it's like cancer. Uber was digging its own grave before and now with the help of liberal journalists who got angry because of the Trumps fiasco they multiply the process. I didn't have anything good to say about uber before, and I don't support their practices of breaking the laws, but clearly it's a witchunt against the company and CEO.
dboreham 10y ago
That wasn't what happened though.
doktrin 10y ago
I may well be basing my opinion on outdated information, but I was referring to stuff like this : "A Federal Communications Commission document disclosed Saturday showed for the first time that the software in Google’s Street View mapping cars was “intended” to collect Wi-Fi payload data, and that engineers had even transferred the data to an Oregon Storage facility. Google tried to keep that and other damning aspects of the Street View debacle from public review, the FCC said" [1] [1] https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/ https://www.wired.com/2012/05/google-wifi-fcc-investigation/