Okay, and? I guess hating on uber is a popular sport. But to be clear, this was cutting off those computers from other uber systems. Systems that were not in those offices. Uber has no obligation to leave them logged in so some jumped-up eurotard can search not only its local files but its global ones too.
That sort of thing just makes sense from a security standpoint.
I don't know the laws of the specific countries, but I was making a statement that I don't think it's morally wrong. I don't personally care if it's legal or not and won't view uber differently based on those laws.
I have no strong opinions about Uber itself, but as far as data management is concerned I am ok with this. I don't want police gathering my data via a third party for no good reason.
From the Article:
"A spokesperson for Kalanick said the kill switch was “not designed or implemented to obstruct justice”. She said it was used to “protect intellectual property and the privacy of […] customers, and ensure due process rights are respected in the event of an extrajudicial raid”.
His lawyers said because no data was permanently deleted in the process, authorities could still obtain it later."
If the police can request the data through other, less aggressive channels, I'm also okay with this. Many raids have been done where the legal grounds were shaky, but meanwhile the police has access to all your equipment and data for months/years while it is contested.
The submission title is misleading. The article itself is from 2022 but the events described were happening prior to 2017 when Kalanick was still a CEO.
"In a statement, Uber said it had stopped using the kill switch in 2017, when Dara Khosrowshahi replaced Kalanick as chief executive and overhauled its corporate culture."
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 24.4 ms ] threadThat sort of thing just makes sense from a security standpoint.
From the Article: "A spokesperson for Kalanick said the kill switch was “not designed or implemented to obstruct justice”. She said it was used to “protect intellectual property and the privacy of […] customers, and ensure due process rights are respected in the event of an extrajudicial raid”.
His lawyers said because no data was permanently deleted in the process, authorities could still obtain it later."
If a large company installs data onfuscating kill switches in the event of a police raid, it's fair to believe that it's not to protect customer data.
"In a statement, Uber said it had stopped using the kill switch in 2017, when Dara Khosrowshahi replaced Kalanick as chief executive and overhauled its corporate culture."