March 18, 2020

Uber to file federal suit against LA over users’ real-time location data

Real-time, in-trip geolocation data isn't good for traffic/bike lane planning, a draft of the suit says. What it's good for is surveillance.

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July 25, 2018

Hidden camera Uber driver fired after live streaming passenger journeys

He streamed videos of hundreds of passengers on Twitch, where viewers critiqued bodies and behavior and grabbed at least one upskirt clip.

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January 29, 2018

Lyft investigates allegations of employees snooping on riders

On an anonymous site, a purported Lyft worker claimed that employees look up ride data on exes, actors, porn stars and Mark Zuckerberg.

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September 08, 2017

News in brief: Uber faces FBI probe; Samsung offers bug bounties; ‘Humpty Dumpty’ hackers jailed

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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April 25, 2017

News in brief: Uber under fire in ‘Hell’ lawsuit; Europe could be hit by laptop ban; Fancy Bear ‘targeted Macron’

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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April 25, 2017

Apple threatened to oust Uber from App Store for ‘fingerprinting’ iPhones

Questions remain over if and how Uber still tracks devices after chief exec Kalanick was summoned to Apple for a roasting

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October 23, 2015

FCC plans weekly name and shame list of robocallers

With over 215,000 complaints last year, robocalling and telemarketing has become a massive issue for US federal regulators who now appear more determined than ever to quash the problem.

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October 14, 2015

Uber mistake leaves hundreds of drivers’ personal information exposed

Controversial taxi firm Uber accidentally exposed the personal details of hundreds of its drivers on Tuesday following the introduction of its new "Uber Partner" app.

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October 12, 2015

Lyft: It wasn’t our CTO who cracked Uber’s database

Uber's sleuthing didn't reveal the hand of Lyft's CTO in the cookie jar, but an unidentified party at his IP address allegedly eyed the key.

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