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Re:In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares by Cookingboy on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:52PM (#13758376)
"Normal people are filmed as they take the bus, ride the subway, go on the elevator, walk through the graveyard (seriously), go shopping, so why should a rich person who can afford a cab be granted an exclusive right to privacy which the rest of us don't have?"

What are you talking about? Normal, non-rich people totally have the same expectation of privacy when they take a cab. Would YOU be ok if your cab driver films you without any knowledge? A taxi/uber/lyft is a rented private car, it is not the same as public transportation.

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Re:In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares by rhizome on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:23PM (#13759270)
Would YOU be ok if your cab driver films you without any knowledge?

Most taxis I've been in the past, oh, let's say 15 years, have had interior/passenger cams.

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Re:In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares by dnautics on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:33PM (#13759344)
usually they have signs that say so. It's illegal to not notify your passenger that they are being filmed. It's possible that this driver had signs (but no way to know from just the video).
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Re:In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares by crgt on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @10:59PM (#13760985)
Are you sure this is the case in all states? My understanding is that some states are 1-party consent, tho IANAL.

Edit: This seems to back up my understanding that most states are 1-party consent. http://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/recording-phone-calls-and-co...

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Re:In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares by pyrale on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:04PM (#13759110)
> What are you talking about? Normal, non-rich people totally have the same expectation of privacy when they take a cab.

"In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."

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Re:In Video, Uber CEO Argues with Driver Over Falling Fares by knorby on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @06:01PM (#13759089)
A lot of TNC drivers have cameras pointed into the car, some (but not all) with signs indicating the passenger is being filmed. It is even more standard in real taxis. The expectation of privacy is more that such footage in any of the mentioned circumstances would never be released unless it captured someone committing a crime or something similar.
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