[UNACCEPTABLE!] Uber driver is livestreaming riders without their knowledge or consent
St. Louis Uber driver has put video of hundreds of passengers online. Most have no idea. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/st-louis-uber-driver-has-put-video-of-hundreds-of/article_9060fd2f-f683-5321-8c67-ebba5559c753.html But there was something the women didn't know: Their driver was streaming a live video of them to the internet, and comments from viewers were pouring in. The blonde is a 7, the brunette a 5, someone with the username "DrunkenEric" commented. "She doesn't sit like a lady though," another viewer added. "This is creepy," said another. The women are among hundreds of St. Louis area Uber passengers who have been streamed online without their knowledge by their driver, Jason Gargac, 32, of Florissant. Gargac has given about 700 rides in the area since March through Uber, plus more with Lyft. Nearly all have been streamed to his channel on Twitch, a live video website popular with video gamers where Gargac goes by the username "JustSmurf." Passengers have included children, drunk college students and unwitting public figures such as a KSDK reporter and Jerry Cantrell, lead guitarist with the band Alice in Chains. First names, and occasionally full names, are revealed. Homes are shown. Passengers have thrown up, kissed, talked trash about relatives and friends and complained about their bosses in Gargac's truck. All the while, an unseen online audience watches, evaluating women's bodies, judging parents and mocking conversations. - - - UNACCEPTABLE! Irrespective of the legality, Uber, Lyft, and other similar services must ban this practice among their drivers, or face serious repercussions going forward. Drivers violating such bans must be excised from the services. This must be dealt with IMMEDIATELY or these services risk losing all trust from their passengers. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
