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Misleading headline here on HN; the source article correctly used past tense, since this system is no longer used. The comments comparing this to "shredding" an
by pglaskowsky 9y ago
Misleading headline here on HN; the source article correctly used past tense, since this system is no longer used. The comments comparing this to "shredding" and "destroying" evidence are also misleading; Ripley did not destroy information.
- dang 9y agoOk, we've changed the title to use the article's subtitle. The submitted title was "Uber remotely locks computers during police raids to block information access". Since the site guidelines ask submitters not to use article titles when they're misleading or linkbait, I assume the submitter was trying to helpfully follow the rules. It's better to use representative language from the article itself, though, to avoid blunders—and in this case the subtitle can easily be shortened.