Uber, Lyft driver creepily livestreams videos of his passengers on Twitch

guest · Jul 22, 2018

Uber, Lyft driver creepily livestreams videos of his passengers on Twitch
July 21, 2018
https://mashable.com/2018/07/21/uber-lyft-live-stream-twitch/?europe=true

Hundreds of Uber and Lyft rides have been broadcast live on Twitch by driver Jason Gargac this year, St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Saturday, all of them without the passengers' permission.

Due to Missouri's "one-party consent" law, in which only one party needs to agree to be recorded for it to be legal (in this case, Gargac is the consenting one), what Gargac is doing is perfectly legal. That doesn't mean it's not 100 percent creepy.

[...] Gargac has another video that shows the view out the front of his car so that people can see where he's driving, giving away the locations of some passengers' homes.

"The troubling behavior in the videos is not in line with our Community Guidelines," a spokesperson for Uber said. "The driver’s access to the app has been removed while we evaluate his partnership with Uber."
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UPDATE: July 21, 2018, 10:37 p.m. EDT The article has been updated to include a comment from Twitch.

We also reached out to Twitch for clarification on whether or not Gargac's behavior violates the site's terms of service, and a Twitch spokesperson noted that while the company does not comment on individual terms of service violations, Twitch does not allow streamers to invade other people's privacy.
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mirimir · Jul 22, 2018

I guess that he figured it was cool

But wait, do stores only record video surveillance in states with "one-party consent" laws? Or otherwise, how would it be legal?

Minimalist · Jul 22, 2018

Uber, Lyft driver booted after newspaper reveals he was livestreaming passengers

A St. Louis Uber and Lyft driver has been kicked off both companies' platforms after the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday night that he had been livestreaming his passengers for months without their consent.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...aper-reveals-he-was-livestreaming-passengers/

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