How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide

Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by tyingq on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:54PM (#13786425)

"blocks them from the service" doesn't quite capture it right. It doesn't tell them they are blocked. It displays fake cars circling that never show up.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by SilasX on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:47PM (#13787014)

Good point. They would be on firmer ground if they just said "you're banned from our service because [vague reason]", even if the real (unstated) reason was "we don't want cops on this".

But presenting deliberately fake information to hinder law enforcement sounds like it's going to be illegal somehow.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by zhengyi13 on Friday March 03, 2017 @04:43PM (#13786969)

I'm reminded of the Reddit shadow ban, myself.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by 4ad on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:04PM (#13787730)

You mean hacker news' shadow ban?

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by uzoodoo on Friday March 03, 2017 @11:34PM (#13789288)

My accounts at home keep getting shadow-banned... was wondering why suddenly everyone stopped responding. Tried registering a new one but it didn't let me.

Wonder if this one will show up after I log in from home...

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by mirimir on Saturday March 04, 2017 @09:27AM (#13790996)

Yes, it shows up :)

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by zepto on Friday March 03, 2017 @06:02PM (#13787710)

Or the HN shadow ban

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