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

Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark by Bartweiss on Thursday January 11, 2018 @11:12AM (#16125018)

> Many companies openly discuss their countermeasures to protect their customer and internal data from lawful requests from the Chinese government.

This seems like a serious counterpoint to "they were using it against lawful warrants therefore it's bad". Arguing that line and simultaneously excusing defensive measures against China, Turkey, or other governments isn't easy.

The obvious resolution is "ethics aren't equivalent to law", and using this tool to dodge ethical requests is still bad. But that's a far more discretionary standard than a lot of the positions I'm seeing here.

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Re:Uber’s Secret Tool for Keeping the Cops in the Dark by mirimir on Thursday January 11, 2018 @12:07PM (#16125505)

But what are "lawful warrants"? The Chinese government must indeed consider its actions to be lawful. So who sets the standard?

Maybe Uber just wants to ensure that discovery proceeds after careful negotiation.

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