Tag: uber
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The UK Supreme Court Rules that Workers for Uber are Employees
Mary-Ann Russon for the BBC: The ruling on Friday was Uber’s last appeal, as the Supreme Court is Britain’s highest court, and it has the final say on legal matters. Delivering his judgement, Lord Leggatt said that the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed Uber’s appeal that it was an intermediary party and stated that drivers should…
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Uber Hid Hack of Data From 57 Million Users & Drivers
Bloomberg’s Eric Newcomer: Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which…
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Uber Had the Opportunity to Monitor Everything on Your iPhone’s Screen
Daniel Jalkut: Yesterday, Gizmodo reported that Uber had been granted an entitlement for their iOS app that allowed them to capture an image of an iPhone’s screen at any time, even when the Uber app was not the active app on the phone. This is a big deal, because users don’t typically expect than an…
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A Legally Operated Taxi Service Wouldn’t Do This
Mike Isaac for the New York Times: Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive the authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement or, in some instances, had been outright banned. The program, involving a tool called Greyball, uses data collected from the Uber app…
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Delete Uber Parts 1-3999
Nick Heer has this round-up of Uber in the news for the past 3 years. It includes this gem, from Buzzfeed: Early this November, one of the reporters of this story, Johana Bhuiyan, arrived to Uber’s New York headquarters in Long Island City for an interview with Josh Mohrer, the general manager of Uber New…