The letter, sent to Uber by Jacobs' attorney, alleged that the use of secure apps like Wickr was intended to "obstruct" any potentially litigation, according to (opens in a new tab) Forbes (opens in a new tab), and noted in testimony on Tuesday that Uber employees even traveled to Pittsburgh, where Uber operates its self-driving division, to teach employees about using the apps. The letter, shared during the going trial between Uber and Waymo, was written by Richard Jacobs, Uber's former manager of global intelligence who had resigned in April. These details arose from a previously undisclosed 37-page document called "Jacobs Letter" that includes allegations of Uber's security practices. Just check out the texts between Kalanick and the former head of self-driving technology Anthony Levandowski.īut Kalanick's personal texts aside, Uber's lawyers allegedly trained employees how to use secure and ephemeral messaging apps while Kalanick was in charge. ![]() ![]() We've already seen what can happen when people at Uber don't use encrypted and ephemeral messaging. Of course, that's not how Kalanick is known to operate, and it's clearly not how he helped build Uber into a tech giant. It seems obvious that employees should not discuss "Uber-related business" in secure channels where Uber management and judges (in case they were to be sued) could not access that information. Wickr, like Snapchat, allows ephemeral messaging so that the messages disappear and are not stored on the device. ![]() He shared that nugget of information while Uber's top lawyer is currently testifying on allegedly receiving stolen proprietary information from Google's Waymo. Uber is raising the saddest $10 billion in funding everĬEO Dara Khosrowshahi tweeted Wednesday that he forbid employees from using apps like Wickr and Telegram shortly after he joined the company.
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