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Businessman Sues Uber For €45m For Allowing Wife Track His Extramarital Affair by easycash12: 4:07pm On Feb 12, 2017
Uber has found itself in the middle of a messy and potentially very expensive divorce.

A French businessman is suing the company for €45m (£38.3m) after a bug in its app allegedly allowed the man’s wife to track his extramarital liaisons.

According to French newspaper Le Figaro, the man claims the app sent notifications detailing his pick up points, destinations and times to his wife’s phone. The man claims he had logged into his Uber account on his wife’s device once but had subsequently logged out so the notifications should have stopped.

The information made his wife suspect he was having an affair and ultimately led to the breakup of their marriage, the man claims.

It is unclear what caused the malfunction but Le Figaro suggests it is an issue with iPhones running iOS versions older than December 2015. Philanderous Android users, or iPhone users running up-to-date software appear to be safe from detection using this method. It is unclear how many Uber’s 40 million monthly active customers might be affected.

A spokesperson for Uber has declined to comment on the issue, telling Le Figaro that, “Uber doesn’t publicly comment on individual cases, and especially those which concern things such as a divorce procedure.”

It is not the first time Uber has been troubled by accusations that its software can be used for spying.

Re: Businessman Sues Uber For €45m For Allowing Wife Track His Extramarital Affair by searchng4love: 4:09pm On Feb 12, 2017
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