Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect...
by zaroth on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:26AM
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> Also, the above article itself shows some empirical data that Uber will not, in fact, just hand over my data when asked.
And even when they are threatened with (and now ultimately face) a shutdown that will cost them downtime in presumably a very profitable market.
Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect...
by AlexandrB on Monday November 04, 2019 @09:33AM
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That's because the US government is still fundamentally democratic and follows the rule of law. Such a government might also treat your data with some due process. A government that's willing to use force to arbitrarily enforce its will is also one that would do the same to Uber and its executives. In that environment Uber would not resist.
Note that I don’t think they do this out of the goodness of the hearts or altruism, but rather that they’ve done the calculus and determined that giving this data to the government would cost them enough ill will and loss of revenue to make it not worthwhile. Uber, unlike a government, has to answer to the market, and thus its every consumer’s duty to punish those who would sell our liberties.