I agree on the oddness. In my mind, the story about a highly-tracked webapp-facilitated worker committing a crime goes something like: Crime committed -> worke

I agree on the oddness. In my mind, the story about a highly-tracked webapp-facilitated worker committing a crime goes something like: Crime committed -> worker details go to police -> criminal conviction | current mechanisms for direct financial restitution from criminals to crime victims. Or maybe in the case of no criminal conviction, Crime committed -> (messing about with police) | John Doe lawsuit against Uber -> Driver details released -> Lawsuit against driver. Don't get me wrong, Uber just sounds like a lunatic asylum, and their conduct in this case no worse than I'd expect. But it just seems so weird that the chain of events leads to a claim against Uber. I would honestly have expected them to have thrown the driver under a bus while staying rock solid behind their terms and conditions.