Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark

Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark by avaika on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:20AM (#16124389)

Disclaimer: I'm not defending anyone who breaks the law. I'm just explaining why and how it might work from my point of view.

It just depends on how people were explained why and what they need to do. In the end these engineers even might have had no idea that the thing they produced will be used this way.

Additionally, I know a bunch of people who developed similar system for small companies in my country. However the situation is different: law enforcement institutions are often misused to get the bribe from business owners. Means the less they can find in your office, the less chances they will take your money away for nothing.

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Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark by mynameisvlad on Thursday January 11, 2018 @10:36AM (#16124628)

People name internal programs badly all the time. That shouldn't be an instant "they're unethical" flag. Furthermore, the developers working on these projects could have easily been told they were building something completely different than how it was used. We shouldn't make assumptions about the developer when there are people that we know knew what was going on.

And is the last line necessary?

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