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DPO & Privacy/infosec lawyer. Hacker, badgelifer & founder @Cryptovillage. Fighting for privacy, digital civil liberties & the users. Prev. @EA @FTC views=own

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    Whitney Merrill‏Verified account @wbm312 29 Nov 2016

    Uber begins background collection of rider location datahttp://tcrn.ch/2fKlJem 

    4:57 PM - 29 Nov 2016
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      1. Whitney Merrill‏Verified account @wbm312 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @dontbenebby @gregnorc

        nopic.twitter.com/kEIM3kcUBE

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      1. MelloBoi‏ @Booty_deGrasse 29 Nov 2016
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        @csoghoian @TechCrunch like no one anticipated that lol

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      2. John‏ @BostonEnginerd 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @wbm312 @csoghoian

        Is @lyft @AskLyft doing the same?

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      3. Whitney Merrill‏Verified account @wbm312 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BostonEnginerd @csoghoian and

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        No.https://twitter.com/wbm312/status/803773515761496064 …

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        Whitney MerrillVerified account @wbm312
        Another reason to use @lyft - they provide the option to only use location services while you use the app: pic.twitter.com/8vPqGKlFc2
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      1. Pierre Asselin‏ @PierAsselin 29 Nov 2016
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        @csoghoian No. Just no. Internet shouldn't be a centralised space, where power is concentrated in the hands of a few hyper-rich corp

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      1. wannabefree‏ @PrivacyQuest 29 Nov 2016
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        @csoghoian @TechCrunch the big brother of taxis.

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      1. Rosyna Keller‏ @rosyna 29 Nov 2016
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        @cfarivar Let us never forget that Uber execs tracked a BuzzFeed journalist…http://www.businessinsider.com/ubers-new-york-manager-investigated-for-using-god-view-2014-11 …

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      1. o̶̢̨͔͚̥̘͚̰̦̻͙̬̎͐̂͜͝ͅ‏ @3RIKGH3NT 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @wbm312 @TechCrunch

        v2.158.2 still presents you with the option to only use location "while using the app". Not going to upgrade @ this timepic.twitter.com/7J1kV4AOcu

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      2. Ian Walker‏ @IWalker1976 29 Nov 2016
        Replying to @wbm312 @hacks4pancakes

        could be done with less worry about the data if uber asked people to opt in or out of having the data collected

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      3. 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚢 decoherence‏ @ashyoisho 30 Nov 2016
        Replying to @IWalker1976 @wbm312 @hacks4pancakes

        Exactly, you have to ToS allow them to do it to use app, then every time manual opt-out task to avoid.

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