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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by Asparagirl on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @01:40AM (#8622711)
Yeah, if this is the shit they do and talk about in public, WTF do they do and talk about in private?

EDIT: Oh my God, they also have the location data of the comings and goings of lots of politicians and industry regulators, don't they? Late night trips from locations some of those people might not want made public? If they'll so casually threaten a mother's kids, threaten journalists with $1M smear campaigns, what else have they already done?

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by spacefight on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @03:31AM (#8622977)
They have the location data of everyone using their service. They also have "god view":

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/10/03/god-view-...

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by clay_to_n on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:53AM (#8623170)
>"Sims got the text “from someone he hardly knew,” he recalls in a Medium post, asking him if he was in an Uber car at 33rd Street and 5th Avenue."

Wow I forgot about this fiasco. It literally reads like a scene from The Circle. Disturbing.

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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by spacefight on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @05:15AM (#8623239)
That fiasco is reason alone to never ride in an Uber.
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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by lotsofmangos on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @04:52AM (#8623167)
Now, which of their executives is going to end up as a senator?
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Re:Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt on Journalists by unohoo on Tuesday November 18, 2014 @03:31AM (#8622975)
If you read the story, it mentions digging dirt on Sarah's family. Family includes children.

>> But what is wrong with threatening a woman's children? Clearly you dont have children. If you dont see anything wrong with this notion, having a thoughtful discussion with you is a moot point. Do you work for uber ?

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