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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by spikels on Monday April 24, 2017 @07:34PM (#14189425)
Were the Lyft drivers personally identifiable? Or did they just find the location of anonomized drivers?
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by toomuchtodo on Monday April 24, 2017 @07:50PM (#14189558)
Personally identifiable using unique Lyft identifiers.
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by OedipusRex on Monday April 24, 2017 @09:03PM (#14189933)
Which includes what?
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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by toomuchtodo on Monday April 24, 2017 @09:06PM (#14189958)
None of the sources I've read through itemize exactly what that means; they do mention that Uber was able to determine if a Lyft driver also drove for Uber, which means they knew the driver's personal details. Otherwise, if a Lyft driver did not also drive for Uber, I would assume they would not have personal information on the driver.

We'll find out regardless through discovery.

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Re:Uber gets sued over alleged ‘Hell’ program to track Lyft ... by dx034 on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @10:38AM (#14193896)
If you have overlapping GPS info of Lyft and Uber you know it's the same driver. If not, you could still order a Lyft to get their phone number and make them an offer.
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