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AIUI, the regulator had evidence that Uber had used Greyball in some markets (i.e., the known uses), and Uber were unable to convince the regulator that they ha
by gsnedders 9y ago
AIUI, the regulator had evidence that Uber had used Greyball in some markets (i.e., the known uses), and Uber were unable to convince the regulator that they had not used Greyball in London.
- dx034 9y agoNot even sure how you would convince them. Full code and database audit isn't easy nor cheap and I doubt Uber wants to pay for that. Apart from that, there's no way to detect if Uber runs services to detect regulators.
- gsnedders 9y agoOh, I agree it's totally impossible, and the only solution is to not attempt to evade regulators in the first place. Otherwise you end up like Uber: > We know you've evaded regulators in these cases, in other markets. How should we know whether we don't have evidence of you evading us because you successfully have or because you haven't used it here? We didn't use it here. > You said that in the markets where we have clear proof you used that, why should we believe you? We won't disclose our code/database. > OK, we'll assume you did use it here. We didn't use it. etc.
- vkou 9y agoOpen up your books. The problem is that once you have a history of unethical behaviour, nobody believes you when you say 'don't worry, trust me'.