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Uber had the kicker that invasion of privacy was a top-down policy explicitly used by management. Lyft still done fucked up, but not to the level that Uber did
by azernik 9y ago
Uber had the kicker that invasion of privacy was a top-down policy explicitly used by management.
Lyft still done fucked up, but not to the level that Uber did.
- andrestan 9y agoWhich news story about Uber makes invasion of privacy seem like a top-down policy?
- azernik 9y agoTracking a journalist: https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/19/7245447/uber-allegedly-tracked-journalist-with-internal-tool-called-god-view https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/19/7245447/uber-allegedly-t... About the company specifically designing and building an internal tool to make this process easier: https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/19/7245447/uber-allegedly-tracked-journalist-with-internal-tool-called-god-view https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/19/7245447/uber-allegedly-t... That whole "greyball" story, which involved personal tracking of law enforcement officers: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-program-evade-authorities.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/technology/uber-greyball-...
- mattmanser 9y agoAnd don't forget they got hold of the medical records of a woman who'd reported she'd been raped by an Uber driver: https://www.recode.net/2017/6/7/15754316/uber-executive-india-assault-rape-medical-records https://www.recode.net/2017/6/7/15754316/uber-executive-indi...