5 Uber’s Secret Screen Recording

Uber is not a good company. You should already know that by that (and hopefully are using Lyft instead). And while Apple is usually staunchly committed to user privacy, it actually allowed Uber to pull off some shady business in iOS.

In October, researchers found that the Uber iOS app could secretly record and take pictures of a user’s screen — even if the app was only running in the background. Apple pulled the app’s “unprecedented” abilities, but some questions remain. Was that iOS feature approved by Apple’s app review staff, or was it just overlooked?