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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by nemothekid on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:12PM (#15754167)
AirBnb had to fight a very similar path and the only bad press I can remember about them was that tone deaf/ offensive political marketing campaign they had.
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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by sgustard on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @10:13AM (#15757316)
Headlines like "Airbnb hosts violently murder houseguest, police say" have stuck with me.
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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by hanswesterbeek on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:57AM (#15755627)
AirBnb have their own issues, and plenty of bad press about cities popular with tourists crumbling under the load AirBnB are causing on their communities.
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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by netsharc on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @04:57AM (#15755625)
There's been several articles about them shafting apartment owners, offering very little from their "insurance" for trashed apartments. In most cases the renters are sane people, but if you get the drug-fueled orgy, you can probably safe in betting that AirBnB will not compensate you for the cleanup.
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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by fjsolwmv on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:46PM (#15754310)
They also spammed Craigslist users (violating TOS and basic manners) with emails from bots pretending to be women.
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