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"The Ripley program was a closely guarded secret at Uber — many staff in offices being raided were unaware of its existence. The system enabled staff to remotely change passwords and “otherwise lock up data on company-owned smartphones, laptops, and desktops as well as shut down the devices”, to thwart Police raids."
https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/11/more-details-emerge-of-ubers-tactics-for-thwarting-police-raids/
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Imagine where Uber would be today if they played by the rules. I actually think Lyft may have beaten them if it weren't for all of Uber's antics.
No way.
Wow, they used this program at least 2 dozen times? Actually on second thought, I'm not surprised.
"Ward Spangenberg, made a sworn statement saying he was part of an “incident response team” that helped remotely erase data when Revenu Québec raided the company’s Montreal offices in 2015."
LOL Incident Response Team
Uber would have a whole department labeled "Incident Response Team"