Uber Technologies Inc. has for years employed a program that uses data from its ride-hailing app and other tools to evade government officials seeking to identify and block the service’s drivers, according to a person familiar with the matter. The program, which Uber calls Greyball, was designed to prevent people from using the Uber app in violation of the terms of service, including law-enforcement sting operations and competitors...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 04, 2017 01:52 UTC