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.
Tag Archives: Lyft
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.
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.
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.
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.
Uber subpoenas GitHub in search for hacker of driver database
A breach of one of its databases in May 2014, in which the names and driver license numbers of 50,000 “driver partners” were stolen, is the latest entry on Uber’s growing list privacy and security blunders.
Google extends its all-seeing eye, invites third party apps to Google Now
Digital assistant data orgy to glom onto info from Lyft or eBay, et al., whose creepily helpful cards will auto-pop up, sans search.