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Uber has once again been accused of using spyware tools to help it undermine a competing ride-share business. This time, it is Australia's GoCatch claiming that the San Francisco-based dial-a-ride giant had been using shady tools to track its drivers in an attempt to hire them away and starve competitors of workers. According to a report from Oz telly broadcaster ABC, Uber devs allegedly compromised GoCatch systems, and installed a tool dubbed Surfcam. That software was used to track all of GoCatch's drivers and trips at any given time, an anonymous former Uber worker claimed. Using that information, Uber, it is said, was able to collect information about drivers, including their name and car registration info. Uber then contacted the top drivers at GoCatch and offered them work, with the hope of starving GoCatch of cabbies, it is claimed. The Surfcam tool was allegedly in use for some time, having first been developed internally by Uber in 2015, according to the claims.

TheReg's article cautions the allegations haven't been proven, but given all the other shenanigan and skeletons in Uber's closet to date, color me not
surprised they'd be dirty enough to pull something like this.

Regards

actions · 2019-Mar-21 3:25 pm ·

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