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Uber Leads to Divorce

posted by on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-get-caught-if-you're-not-cheating dept.

bradley13 writes:

A French businessman is suing Uber for 45 million euros, for destroying his marriage.

It seems that he installed the Uber app on his wife's phone, used it once, and then logged out. Later, when using the app on his own phone to arrange tête-à-têtes with his mistress, his wife received Uber notifications, and figured out what was going on. Uber attributes this to a bug in their software specifically related to an older version of iOS.

What do soylentils think generally about the liability of tech companies for bugs in their software? Some say liability is needed to force some responsibility; others say it would be the death of the software industry as we know it.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by requerdanos on Sunday February 12 2017, @01:26PM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Sunday February 12 2017, @01:26PM (#466135) Journal

    Uber Leads to Divorce

    A married French man decided to have sex with a girl on the side, which led to divorce.

    He got caught by installing an app on his wife's phone that revealed what he was doing, but I don't see how Uber led to the divorce. If his pants were working properly and able to contain his penis in the presence of women he was not married to, then the apps he installed on his wife's phone that revealed his behavior (I'll say that again: his behavior) would not have mattered. Perhaps it was the fault of the pants? Can they be co-defendants?

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @02:35PM (#466154)

    It was the fault of his penis. It should get the guillotine.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:13PM (#466280)

      I'd rather see it hanged.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 13 2017, @05:48PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 13 2017, @05:48PM (#466682)

        If you want to see someone hung, come see me.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:17PM (#466281)

    It's the same excuse men in many countries use to rape women, because the women weren't covered in 5 layers of cloth they were provoking to be raped. It has nothing to do with the willpower of those men to be a bit civilized.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 13 2017, @05:07PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 13 2017, @05:07PM (#466661)
      That's a part of their culture, you bigot. Now give me 20 privilege checks.