It turns out that Uber was displaying a 'fake screen' on the smartphone of police officials in order to escape the detection of fraudulent vehicles, can you access the detailed information of the card?

In July 2022, more than 124,000 Uber confidential materials called ' Uber files ' were leaked, Uber had deployed an investigation obstruction system of investigative authorities, and Uber executives said that they were influential people in each country. It was revealed that he was intimate. It is reported that The Guardian, who newly obtained the 'Uber file', was developing a system ' Greyball ' that shows a different screen only to police personnel in order to escape police investigation. In addition, it is possible that Uber was accessing 'user's credit card information' to determine if the user was a police officer.

Uber used Grayball fake app to evade police across Europe, leak reveals | Uber | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/12/uber-used-greyball-fake-app-to-evade-police-across-europe-leak-reveals

The 'Uber File' is Uber's confidential material leaked by Uber's chief flobiist Mark McGann . By exposing the 'Uber file', Uber is developing an investigation obstruction system called 'kill switch', and when the investigative authorities enter the office, 'block the network with the department that stores the data' ' It has been revealed that they were performing sabotage such as 'a system that turns off the power of machines deployed in the office.'

In addition, when some Uber services were suspended in France in 2015, Mr. McGann set up a meeting with President Emmanuel Macron to work to lift the suspension, and Uber's founder It was also revealed that one Travis Kalanick had a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden (at that time) in 2016, and it is known that Uber executives had a strong connection with influential people in each country. ..

It turns out that the CEO himself ordered the use of a 'kill switch' that interferes with the investigation by the Uber-related confidential material 'Uber file' --GIGAZINE

The Guardian reported that Uber also had an investigative jamming system built into the app. Uber's vehicle dispatch and food delivery services use vehicles prepared by the driver, but sometimes 'illegal vehicles' such as stolen vehicles are used. If these fraudulent vehicles were caught by law enforcement authorities, not only the driver but also Uber would have to pay around 6,000 euros (about 830,000 yen). Uber, who disliked this cost burden, developed a system 'Greyball' that detects 'persons who are thought to be involved in the investigation' and displays it on a screen different from other users, and used it in the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Germany, and Belgium. It turned out that it was.

In addition, in an internal email sent in October 2014, Mr. Karanik instructed employees to 'access the user's credit card information' to identify 'the suspected investigator.' It turned out that. In addition, a system was also built to display a 'different screen' when it detects that the user is 'near the police station' from the location information of the user.

'We haven't found any evidence that employees have collected credit card owner information to narrow down the target audience for'Greyball',' Uber told The Guardian, denying credit card details. I am. 'Currently, we have strict privacy and security policies to protect our users, and we respond appropriately to all regulatory requirements,' Uber claims.

In addition, Karanik's agent states that the 'Greyball' was designed to protect Uber drivers from taxi driver assaults, claiming that they have never allowed them to be used for illegal purposes.