Uber Sued for Exposing Husband's Infidelity

[Tennis]

A French businessman is suing Uber for 45 million euro (nearly $48 million) after the app-based car service sent notifications to his wife's phone about his whereabouts, exposing his infidelity.

The Local France, citing French newspaper Le Figaro, reported that the man, who is from Côte d'Azur in the south of France, is blaming Uber for breaking up his marriage. The whole thing started when he borrowed his wife's phone and logged into Uber.

Even after logging out of the app, notifications about his trips still went to her phone. Whenever he took an Uber ride, his wife would be notified of the pickup location, destination, and time. Based on these notifications, the wife was able to surmise that her husband was having an affair — and divorced him.

Uber declined to comment when contacted by PCMag on Friday. A spokesperson for the company told Le Figaro, "Uber doesn't publicly comment on individual cases, and especially those which concern things such as a divorce procedure," according to The Local France.

"The technical fault is thought to be that after you log in to Uber on another device, it can keep information on you as a user and continues to give updates on that phone," the report noted, adding that the issue appears to be limited to the iOS versions of the app updated after Dec. 16, 2016.

The first hearing for the case is expected next month.

Meanwhile, Uber has been at the center of some political troubles back at home. The car service, in the wake of President Donald Trump's immigration executive order on immigration, dropped surge pricing and continued operating as other taxi drivers protested at New York's JFK Airport. This prompted a #DeleteUber campaign on social media. Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick also recently exited Trump's business advisory council to quell rumors that he supports the administration's agenda.

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Can you believe the nerve of this guy. If he didn't want this outcome then he shouldn't have cheated in the first place.

[Jotaux]

Thats hilarious.

[the game]

The uber driver should mind his own business.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

http://www.pcmag.com/news/351688/ube...nds-infidelity

Can you believe the nerve of this guy. If he didn't want this outcome then he shouldn't have cheated in the first place.

His cheating is a completely separate issue.

The app should not have been reporting his trips to his wife..regardless of where he was going.

[Deleted]

The uber driver should mind his own business.

Its my understanding that the uber driver did nothing wrong, it was the uber app was sending notifications to his wifes phone (where he booked the uber), the notifications were not supposed to be sent or something.

[ABEEnr2]

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Can you believe the nerve of this guy. If he didn't want this outcome then he shouldn't have cheated in the first place.

Maybe he was just preparing a surprise party? who knows...

[TheSerialSniper]

Sounds like he never fully logged out of the Uber app after using it on his wife's phone. What an idiot.

[Deleted]

Its kind of a shitty thing to do, book an uber on your wifes phone, to take you to cheat on your wife, but its a clear problem with the app if its still sending notifications about his location etc to the phone.

[Tennis]

His cheating is a completely separate issue.

The app should not have been reporting his trips to his wife..regardless of where he was going.

Instead of showing remorse for cheating, he's trying to get a payday. How awful!

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Its kind of a shitty thing to do, book an uber on your wifes phone, to take you to cheat on your wife, but its a clear problem with the app if its still sending notifications about his location etc to the phone.

I don't think that's exactly what happened. As I understand the article it seems to say he borrowed his wife's phone once and from that point on every single trip he took on Uber was being sent to her phone for however long afterwards. THat's probably how she busted him...just repeated visits to the same address

[Deleted]

I don't think that's exactly what happened. As I understand the article it seems to say he borrowed his wife's phone once and from that point on every single trip he took on Uber was being sent to her phone for however long afterwards.

You could be correct.

[Mistame]

The uber driver should mind his own business.

Reading is hard, no?

The app should not have been reporting his trips to his wife..regardless of where he was going.

He shouldn't have logged in from his wife's phone. Most apps keep user info on the device. Blaming this on Uber is pretty fucking hilarious.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Instead of showing remorse for cheating, he's trying to get a payday. How awful!

The guy is a cheating asshole...but his rights were violated.

[Tennis]

The guy is a cheating asshole...but his rights were violated.

A software glitch doesn't equate to a violation of rights. It's an error.

[Mistame]

The guy is a cheating asshole...but his rights were violated.

His rights were violated? Does France have some law that states that a user has the right to have personal data that THEY install on someone else's phone removed when they stop using the other person's phone?

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

A software glitch doesn't equate to a violation of rights. It's an error.

A non-intentional violation of rights is still a violation of rights. Their app needs to be more secure.

[Dawnseven]

I agree that the cheating is irrelevant, but the app was reporting back to the phone that ordered the service in the first place. It wasn't intentionally telling on the guy to his wife. Dude clearly didn't know about the notifications or think about them, but it seems that functionality was intended as a feature of the app, not a bug. Stupid is as stupid does.

[Bodakane]

He used her phone. All "right to privacy" issues about her finding out are out the window at that point.

[Azadina]

I'm not sure I see the problem. Why would you ever log the app on a random phone you don't own, or completely trust the person who owns it? He's just mad he got busted cheating. Don't see how this would become a problem for someone who uses their own phone, or doesn't cheat on their partner after borrowing theirs.

[Torgent]

I agree that the cheating is irrelevant, but the app was reporting back to the phone that ordered the service in the first place. It wasn't intentionally telling on the guy to his wife. Dude clearly didn't know about the notifications or think about them, but it seems that functionality was intended as a feature of the app, not a bug. Stupid is as stupid does.

You misunderstood. He logged off that phone and ordered rides from his phone. Uber continued to report to his wife's phone. Clearly a bug.

His cheating is inexcusable. But Uber shouldn't be reporting on another device's requests, no matter who is doing it.