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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: 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.

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  • (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.