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This is true to a certain extent but nowhere in the specification does it state that providers are required to send customer information. Each trip is associated with a foreign UUID which is linked back to the provider (scooter company). If LEO use this data for that purpose, then they would still need a warrant for that information.

https://github.com/openmobilityfoundation/mobility-data-spec...

To say that a person is “suddenly” being interviewed as a suspect just for traveling in a certain area is somewhat alarmist.

Also this is Uber we are talking about. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are using the privacy concerns as a pretext to protect their own private data mining efforts.




It's more that they don't want to be regulated.




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