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Uber Tracked Lyft Drivers

Accepted submission by butthurt at 2017-04-13 22:44:07
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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

According to a pay-walled article in The Information [theinformation.com],

Thanks to a secret software-based effort within Uber called “Hell,” Uber could track how many Lyft drivers were available for new rides and where they were[.] [...] “Hell” showed Uber employees which of the tracked drivers were driving for both Lyft and Uber, helping Uber figure out how to lure those drivers away from its rival.

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