Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Tag: Uber

🔗 A blameless post-mortem of USA v. Joseph Sullivan | by Ryan McGeehan | Dec, 2022 | Medium (#)

Fucking excellent analysis of both the technical, legal, and policy failures at play here. Required reading.

December 8th, 2022 • retrospective security uber

Uber and the Fourth Estate

Context: Uber Executive Suggests Digging Up Dirt On Journalists, The moment I learned just how far Uber will go to silence journalists and attack women.

An old adage: “never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel”. Ignoring it, Uber shows they’re not just evil - they’re stupid.
— @jacobian
It’s more than an old adage, though: in targeting journos, Uber shows its utter contempt for even the concept of accountability.
— @jacobian
The idea of the Fourth Estate is to provide accountability where the law fails. Uber believes themselves immune to all accountability.
— @jacobian

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November 18th, 2014 • journalism uber