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> How does a Big Tech company like Uber mishandle private data like email addresses? Presumably this action was not coordinated by the C-suite. Did some mid-lev
by usea 4y ago
> How does a Big Tech company like Uber mishandle private data like email addresses? Presumably this action was not coordinated by the C-suite. Did some mid-level/low-level employee with access to the data actually steal and sell the addresses?
This is bizarre. You're giving them way too much credit. They're villains. Of course they're going to sell your data. They'd spit in your mother's face for a nickel.
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoAlways be hustling!
- killingtime74 4y agoIn their performance review they can say they spat in X mother's faces this quarter
- pcdoodle 4y agoYou know what second prize is? A set of steak knives.
- bryanrasmussen 4y agoDefinitely one of my favorite bits to train on in method acting class https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-tv2GURjM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O-tv2GURjM
- owlglass 4y agoWhile I do agree that a mid/low-level employee is very unlikely to be the cause (why risk a reasonably high salary at Uber and possibly being blackballed from the industry if detected?), I think Hanlon's Razor [1] could be used here to infer that it was more likely a breach of Uber's systems. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
- lioeters 4y agoHanlon's razor tends not to hold true when malice is profitable, and ignorance is a conveniently plausible excuse.
- threatofrain 4y agoHanlon's Razor is a social policy for harmonious judgments on individuals. Uber is a company out to make money and there's no need to extend such a courtesy to them.
- brudgers 4y agoGoogled “Epiphany RBC” https://epiphany-rbc.com/ https://epiphany-rbc.com/ I would not be surprised if Epiphany RBC is running a survey on behalf of Uber. And hence, the data was shared under Uber TOS.