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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by my_usernam3 on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:29PM (#21444694)
You as an individual I agree; there should be no disclosure of customers themselves. However, I do think the city deserves to know in real time where all the 30 pound lithium ion battery and motor, pieces of litter are.
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Re:L.A. temporarily suspends Uber’s permit to rent out elect... by tqi on Monday November 04, 2019 @01:51PM (#21444990)
I think it's more complicated than that though.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-angeles-sco...

> The data would not include a rider’s name, but even in sprawling metropolitan areas, paths between home, work and school are typically unique, experts say. Someone with basic coding skills and access to the data could easily connect a trip to an individual person.

> “This data is incredibly, incredibly sensitive,” said Jeremy Gillula, the technology projects director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based digital rights group.

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