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>. I would not be able to just grab the ride data of a subject of another investigation because that would be illegal. If I did do that, that evidence would be thrown out and I would be reprimanded.

In the majority of countries on Earth, the law is merely a suggestion to a significant portion of the police force.

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I understand, but Uber used these practices everywhere. And, like I mentioned, they used it on their company machines, not the servers where their customer data would probably be stored. So the hypothesis of doing this to protect customers is doubtful at best.

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