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Uber driver recorded passengers & live-streamed videos on Twitch

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What is shocking about this incident is that what the Uber driver did was legal under Missouri law. Jason Gargac, an Uber and Lyft driver from St Louis Missouri, USA recorded and live-streamed his passengers’ activities on the video-s… Continue reading Uber driver recorded passengers & live-streamed videos on Twitch→

Fatalities vs False Positives: The Lessons from the Tesla and Uber Crashes

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In one bad week in March, two people were indirectly killed by automated driving systems. A Tesla vehicle drove into a barrier, killing its driver, and an Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the street. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary reports on both accidents came out recently, and these bring us as close as we’re going to get to a definitive view of what actually happened. What can we learn from these two crashes?

There is one outstanding factor that makes these two crashes look different on the surface: Tesla’s algorithm misidentified a lane split and actively …read more

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GDPR: Privacy Uber Alles (Literally)

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When the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective, most companies, especially in the United States, had a  few simple thoughts. First, “Am I covered?” In other words, does GDPR apply to my activities, particularly in the U… Continue reading GDPR: Privacy Uber Alles (Literally)→