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

Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by xg15 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @04:35AM (#13790128)

> Nor is it illegal to say "oh hi there officer" before your hooker friend propositions a cop. That's basically what Uber did.

Uber built an infrastructure to be able to systematically detect and obstruct officers in all locations they are operating.

Comparing this with saying "hi officer" is a slight understatement.

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by thecrazyone on Saturday March 04, 2017 @02:25PM (#13792469)

The difference is with the scale then? At what point on this scale (number of instances of the act) does the illegality start?

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Re:How Uber Used Secret “Greyball” Tool to Deceive Authoriti... by xg15 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @04:31PM (#13793029)

I don't know how this is handled in US law, but in many law systems there is the question of intent. If you say "hi officer" with the intent of warning your partner that might in theory already be illegal. (obstruction of justice)

While in that case, intent would be be very difficult to prove, it's rather obvious if you spend planning time and resources building a software tool with the express purpose to warn you of officers.

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