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ID Verification Service for #TikTok, #Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses

In this case, the ID verification vendor leaked admin credentials and exposed people’s information (sensitive documents and status of verification) for over a year.

All for “age verification” we introduce another EZ mode way for people’s real life identities to be compromised. Companies want you to provide sensitive documents to prove you’re real/your age but can’t be bothered to invest money/time/effort in basic #security to secure what you give them.

#cybersecurity #privacy

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ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses

As social networks and porn sites move towards a verified identity model, the actions of one cybersecurity researcher show that ID verification services themselves could get hacked too.

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Techbrodudes reinvent something that's been around for ages, only making it worse.

You know, public transit has been around for AGES before you got your grubby little rent-seeking mitts on it and tore it down, you festering horde of goblins!

#Uber #Reinvent #Terrible #TechBroDude

7 years ago, while trying to get approval to operate in cities all over the world, #Uber insisted that it would actually reduce traffic. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber & Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic, & now admit they actually increase congestion.

So much for “making cities better.”

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#Cities #transportation #urbanism #cars #ridehailing #ridesharing #traffic

“‘I’m very proud’ – French president Emmanuel Macron bites back at criticism after ‘Uber files’ revelations”

That’s because you’re a neoliberal cunt of the first degree, Monsieur le Président.

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#macron #uber #neoliberalism #institutionalCorruption #france #siliconValley

‘I’m very proud’ – French president Emmanuel Macron bites back at criticism after ‘Uber files’ revelations

French president Emmanuel Macron has said he would not change a thing in the approach he took to US ride-hailing…

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Hey, Aral, what’s this “institutional corruption” bullshit you keep harping on about? (Part 2 of 2)

Oh, I don’t know…

“When the company needed data to influence policymakers, according to The Guardian’s report, it also paid academics to publish research that would bolster its misleading economic claims about the company’s business model”

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#SiliconValley #lobbying #revolvingDoors #institutionalCorruption #uber #uberFiles

Hey, Aral, what’s this “institutional corruption” bullshit you keep harping on about? (Part 1 of 2)

Oh, I don’t know…

“Uber tried to recover its image by courting politicians, including President Emmanuel Macron of France. Texts show how Macron went out of his way to bolster Uber’s growth in France and allowed the company to maintain regular communication with his immediate staff.”

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#SiliconValley #lobbying #revolvingDoors #institutionalCorruption #uber #uberFiles

‘We’re just f---ing illegal’: Leaked documents show Uber thwarted police and secretly courted politicians

The ride-share service is under investigation after texts, emails, memos and other documents reveal how executives engaged in questionable practices…

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