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I have no strong opinions about Uber itself, but as far as data management is concerned I am ok with this. I don't want police gathering my data via a third par
by normalaccess 2y ago
I have no strong opinions about Uber itself, but as far as data management is concerned I am ok with this. I don't want police gathering my data via a third party for no good reason.
From the Article:
"A spokesperson for Kalanick said the kill switch was “not designed or implemented to obstruct justice”. She said it was used to “protect intellectual property and the privacy of […] customers, and ensure due process rights are respected in the event of an extrajudicial raid”.
His lawyers said because no data was permanently deleted in the process, authorities could still obtain it later."
- oysterville 2y agoUsually if the police are raiding your business they have had to support their request for a search warrant. If a large company installs data onfuscating kill switches in the event of a police raid, it's fair to believe that it's not to protect customer data.
- ASalazarMX 2y agoIf the police can request the data through other, less aggressive channels, I'm also okay with this. Many raids have been done where the legal grounds were shaky, but meanwhile the police has access to all your equipment and data for months/years while it is contested.